[PSYC 100] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (496 pages long)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

If psychology were to have a logo it would be the greek letter : psi! It describes the totality of the human conscious and sub conscious. Modern definition of psych scienetific study of behaviour, thought and experience. Biological, social, cognitive, industrial, comparative, educational, developmental, clinical. Lawyer would say a typical person, with ordinary powers of self control. Economist- people maximize their needs and desires. Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) sought to identify atoms , used reaction time and introspection. Ex. chemistry periodic table created so that everything could be broken down. Charles darwin animals were not given their specific traits from god but for the purpose of their survival. William james (1842-1910) reaserched the purpose of behavious. Introspection failures lead to behaviourism influential (1900-1950) * mind not observable by senses : its ignored ex. Pavlov and the dog trained with the bell and saliva do ppl & animals. Gernal statements (universal) cannot be a result of finite observations.