PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Clinical Psychology, Human Factors And Ergonomics, Wilhelm Wundt
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What is psychology: the quest to understand why and how we behave the way we do. An introduction to the science of psychology. Psychology: the science of behavior and mental process. Introduce to a range of topics within the field of psychology: neuroscience, perception, cognition, learning, motivation, emotion, evolutionary psychology, child development. Individual differences: social psychology, abnormal (clinical) psychology. Identify several fields in which psychologists may work. Summarize how psychology is relevant to many different professions. Outline some of the questions psychologists ask. Describe the roles of psychological research, including the different types of psychologists and the problems they study. Explain structuralism and functionalism in relation to empiricism. Describe how psychology fits with other sciences. Identify serval fields in which psychologist may work. Outline some of the questions psychologist ask. Describe the roles of psychological research, including the different types of psychologists and the problems the study. Explain structuralism and factionalism in relation to empiricism.