PSY 2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cardiovascular Disease, Heredity, Behaviorism
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Clients of these psychologists usually have adjustment problems, not serious psychological disorders: school psychologists are used by the school system to identify and assist students who have problems that interfere with learning. c. i. Experimental psychologists specialize in basic processes such as the nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, thought, motivation, and emotion. Ex: whether a defendant was sane when he/she committed a crime: sport psychologists p. i. Help athletes concentrate on their performance and not on the crowd. Structuralist"s believed that the mind functions by combining objective and subjective elements: subjective ex: hating people who hate brussel sprouts, functionalism focuses on behavior as well as the mind or consciousness. Chapter 1 outline: psychologist william james focused on the relation between conscious experience and behavior. a. i. The stream of consciousness is fluid and continuous: functionalists looked at how our experience helps us function more adaptively in our environments. b. i. Ex: how habits help us cope with common situations b. i. 1.
