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Psych 1010 Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| Mental Processes | all our conscious subjective experiences and activities |
| Behavior | any action of the mind or body (observable: actions or unobservable: thoughts, neural activity in cells, etc) |
| Science | a method of knowing that relies on: direct observations (empiricism) and strong inference |
| 4 goals of psychology | 1)Describe 2)Predict 3)Explain 4)Control behavior |
| When was the birth of psychology? | 1879 |
| Who was the founder of psychology? | William Wundt |
| Structuralism | structure of the mind (thinking, sensation, emotion, etc) |
| How many psychology perspectives are there? | 6 |