Psyc 1010 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What defines psychology as a field of study - Answer-Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes what are psychology's four primary goals? - Answer-description, explanation, prediction, and control psychodynamic perspective - Answer-how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts The id - Answer-The id is the part of the psyche that includes all the primal and unconscious desires. The ego - Answer-The ego is the aspect of the psyche that must deal with th...

Psychology - Answer-Scientific Study of behavior and mental processes Goal of Description - Answer-What's Happening? To Whom? Where? What else? Advantage: Simple and Straightfoward Disadvantage: Doesn't cover relationships (Perceiving the Question step derives this goal) Goal of Prediction - Answer-Goes into connections/relationships Advantages: Relationships Disadvantages: No WHY? (Forming Hypotheses) Goal of Explanation - Answer-Why are things occurring?? Advantage: Most thorough u...

What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - Answer-are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies ps...

What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - Answer-are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies ps...

What is Psychology? - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies psychological knowle...

psychology - Answer-scientific study of behavior and mental processes objective introspection - Answer-the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities structuralism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind functionalism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the min...

psychology - Answer-scientific study of behavior and mental processes objective introspection - Answer-the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities structuralism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind functionalism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the min...

psychology - Answer-scientific study of behavior and mental processes objective introspection - Answer-the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities structuralism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind functionalism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the min...

sychology - Answer-scientific study of behavior and mental processes objective introspection - Answer-the process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities structuralism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure or basic elements of the mind functionalism - Answer-early perspective in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind...

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