Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Empiricism, Pessimism, Empirical Evidence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

Document Summary

Basic research is the quest for knowledge purely for its own sake (ex. Describe how ppl behave and identify factors that influence a particular type of behavior) Applied research is designed to solve specific practical problems. Theoretical perspectives: give a brief description of how each of the following major perspectives in. Psychology would view human behavior: biological perspective. Functionalism should study the function of consciousness (why) not only it"s structure (what) Structuralism studying the mind in terms if it"s simplest components and the study of consciousness. Interested in how people produce and recognize speech and how creative solutions to problems are produced: social constructivism perspective (part of modern cognitive) what we consider reality is in large part of our mental creation, psychodynamic perspective. Searches for causes of behaviour within workings of personality, emphasizing role of unconscious processes and unresolved conflicts from past (suppressed in brain: behavioral perspective.