PSYC 101 Lecture 2: PART 1
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Psychology 101: introduction to cognitive and behavrioural psychology. Private experience (memory, emotions, imagination) are products of physical laws. _as a science, it must be based on the ass. that behaviour is strictly subject to physical laws. _(cid:858)ps(cid:455)(cid:272)he(cid:859) = (cid:894)soul(cid:895) + (cid:858)olog(cid:455)(cid:859) = (cid:894)stud(cid:455) of(cid:895) _psychology: scientific study of behaviour, the mind and the brain. _biological psych: study of biology that gives rise to cognition and behaviour. _structuralism: breaking down mental processes to the most basic components (reduction) _introspection: study components of consciousness: ideas and sensation, look inside yourself to describe memories, perceptions and cognitive processes. _functionalism: cognitive abilities: what do they do for the survival and reproduction, why is it useful and how are they adaptive. Psychoanalytic theory: focuses on the role of a person"s unconscious, as well as early childhood experiences, and this particular perspective dominated clinical psychology for several decades (freudian) _not aware of everything but it guides our behaviour, no real biological aspect.
