PSYC 2040 Chapter : PSYC 2040 Chapter 9
Document Summary
If we are interested in something and observe it. We would like to understand why something occurs. We want to predict its occurrence in the future. Contemporary psychology is described as the study of behavior and mental processes in animals and humans. Living, working, playing, functioning in the real world. Functionalism how the conscious mind impact the functioning. Objective introspection how people can examine their own thoughts and activities; people can only examine their own thoughts because you can"t get into other people"s. Symmetry tendency to look for patterns (patterns or shapes rather than separate. Proximity objects that are close together they belong together. Closure an object partially defined will be seen as a whole. Similarity objects that are alike will be viewed as a group. Psychoanalysis a therapy developed for fear and anxiety in which a professional helps. Two highly influential early approaches to psychology were psychoanalysis and behaviorism.
