PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Mary Whiton Calkins
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The history of psychology: psychology - the scientific study of behavior & mental processes, behavior, outward or overt actions, must be defined in study, mental processes. Internal or covert activity of our minds: psychologists study people & animals, psychology is a hub science, used in many other fields, relatively new field (138 y/o) In the beginning: came together in leipzig, germany (1879, wilhelm wundt, attempted to apply scientific principles to the human mind, objective introspection, process of objectively examining & measuring one"s own thoughts. Correlations: finding relationships: correlations, a statistical technique, a measure of the relationship between two variables, correlation coefficient, a # that represents the strength & direction of a relationship existing between two variables, correlation does not prove causation. 3: subjects in an experiment not subjected to the independent variable & may receive a placebo treatment. Importance of randomization: best way to choose participants.
