PSYC 2000 Chapter : The Science Of Psychology P1
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Behavior - outward or overt actions and reactions. Mental process- internal, covert activity of our minds. Description - observing a behavior and noting everything about it. Determining when it will happen in the future. Control - "how can it be changed" to change a behavior from undesirable behavior to a desirable behavior. Theory - a general explanation of a set of observations or facts. Chapter 1: what is psychology, scientific study of behavior and mental processes, 4 goals in psychology. Control: history of psychology, structuralism, wundt - objective introspection (measuring one mental activities) The is where the first scientific approach of psychology began: functionalism. Study how mind functions ie how allows us to adapt, live, work: william james - influenced by darwin. Emphasizes unconscious mind, repression, early childhood shaping adult behavior. Frued - basis for modern psychotherapy: behaviorism. Cant observe ones internal feelings, only their behavior.
