PSYC100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Observer-Expectancy Effect, Blind Experiment, Extraversion And Introversion
19 Mar 2016
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Psychology the scieniic study of the mind, behavior, and the brain. Levels of analysis: biological areas of the brain, geneic. Runs in the family, neurotransmiters, hormones: individual percepion, thought paterns. Emoions, extravert, interpretaions: social afected by smaller groups. Family interacions, peer interacions: cultural societal expectaions or norms. Cultural expectaions of who you are, cross-cultural expectaions. Goals of psychology: descripion observe and describe behavior. What is really being observed: explanaion/ understanding cause of behaviors. Why is something going on: predicion certain condiions indicaing later outcome. What will happen next: inluence/control intervenion. Philosophical roots: nature vs. nurture debate born with vs. interacions with others, mind/ body problem: descartes dualism separate but equal. Experimental psychology: started as a branch of philosophy transformed into a new branch of science, wundt introspecion - step by step, systemaic evaluaion. Structuralism conscious experience can be broken down into component parts: breaking everything down. Structuralism: william james mind was too complex to be broken down into component parts.
