PSYCH 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Margaret Floy Washburn, Mary Whiton Calkins, Wilhelm Wundt
14 Feb 2014
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Psychological science: the study of mind, brain, and behavior. Culture: the beliefs, values, rules, and customs that exist within a group of people who share a common language and environment and that are transmitted through learning from one generation to the next. Nature/nurture debate: the arguments concerning whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or acquired through education, experience, and culture. Dualism: the idea that the mind and the body are separate yet intertwined. Throughout the 1800s, psychologists increasingly studied mental activity through careful. In 1879, wilhelm wundt established the first psychology laboratory. Introspection: a systematic examination of subjective mental experiences that requires people to inspect and report on the content of their thoughts. The problem with introspection is that experience is subjective; it is difficult for researchers to determine whether each participant in a study is employing introspection similarly. Structuralism: an approach to psychology based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into its basic underlying components.
