PSYC 336 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tachistoscope, Fusiform Face Area, Parvocellular Cell

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 336
• Professor: Appleton-Knapp

Document Summary

Will be 5 short essay questions (1-2 paragraphs) that will draw from the following topics. A comparison of introspection and behaviorism with modern cognitive psychology. 19th century, wundt & titchener launched a new research enterprise. Led to the modern field of experimental psychology. Psychology needed to focus largely on the study of conscious mental events. Cannot inform us about unconscious mental events. With conscious events, claims rooted in introspection are often untestable. No way for an independent observer to check the accuracy or completeness of an introspective report. Definition = the process through which one looks within to observe and record the contents of one"s own mental life. The only person who can experience or observe your thoughts is you. The only way to study thoughts is to observe and record the content of our own mental lives and the sequence of our own experiences.