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Psychology 100
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental process. |
| Theory | set of principles proposed to explain how a number of seperate facts are related. |
| Replication | repeating the study using the same procedures |
| Purpose of Replication: | determine whether the original results were a one time thing or if the evidence is true. |
| Basic Research | to seek new knowledge and explore and advance general scientific understanding. |
| Applied Research | purpose of solving practical problems and improving quality of life. |
| Difference between Applied and Basic Research | Basic focuses on researching while Applied focuses on finding methods to improve psych disorders. |
| Wilhelm Wundt | "Father of Psychology" University of Leipzig in Germany 1879 Used method Introspection |
| Introspection | Invokes looking inward to examine one's own conscious experience and then reporting that evidence. |
| Titchener | Structuralism |
| Structuralism | analyzing basic elements, of the structure, of conscious mental experience. |
| Functionalism | concerned how new mental processes function, how humans and animals use mental processes in adapting to their environment. |
| William James | Functionalism, "Stream of Consciousness" |
| John B Watson | Behaviorism |
| Behaviorism | study of behavior, objective and scientific. Determined primarily by factors in environment. |