PSYC100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Institutional Review Board, Doomsday Cult, Naturalistic Observation
15 Mar 2016
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Systemaically evaluaing informaion to reach reasonable conclusions (open, but aware) Criical thinking- healthy quesioning but keeps an open mind. Related because criical thinking is more in depth and part of it: goals of psychology. * descripion- describing what was told and what was observed. Can i use the informaion to make something happen a certain way: foundaions of psychology. In notes- mind/body, dualism, introspecion, structuralism, funcionalism and behaviorism. Titchener- structuralism- conscious experience can be broken down into part. William james- stream of consciousness/funcionalism- develops through evoluion. Gestalt theory- whole is not the same as the parts. Watson- challenged freud- behaviorism- role of the environment on behavior. Idenify the schools of thought and their perspecive on psychological science: levels of analysis. * biological-how the physical body including the brain, contributes to mind + behavior ex: listening to classical nice music makes you happy. * individual- individual diferences in personality and in the mental processes that efect how people perceive the world.
