PSY 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Occipital Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex, Institutional Review Board
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History and scientific thinking: what are four different ways of knowing and what kind is used in psychology, theory land ideas, concepts, hypothesis, theories. Cognitive assumption: behavior is a functional of internal mental processes and representations. Neuroscience assumption: behavior is a function of our biology. Not interested in petty issues. investigate the purposes/meanings behind consciousness. What is free will and why is it important: j. b. watson and b. f. skinner are associated with behaviorism. School of psychology that focuses on uncovering the general laws of learning by looking at observable behavior. Assumption: behavior is a function of experience: jean piaget is associated with cognitive experimental psychology. Assumption: behavior is a functional of internal mental processes and representations: francis galton and alfred binet are responsible for individual differences. Explains why people result differently from to the same objective situation. Assumption: people differ, and these differences can be defined and measured and predict meaningful outcomes: sigmund freud is associated with psychoanalysis.
