BU352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canadian Psychological Association, Psychometrics, Ethnocentrism
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Chapter one: the evolution of psychology high-profile events, such as bullying, served to motivate and energize researchers in psychology to attempt to document and understand such acts, in hopes of reducing the occurrence. Psychology: greek for psyche; the study of the mind . The science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems. 1883: responsible for the birth of american psychology (johns hopkins university) 1892: established american psychological association (apa), and elected first council president. Schools of thought or theoretical perspectives : structuralism: Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related identify and examine fundamental components of a conscious experience (sensations, feelings) laboratory investigation.
