PSY 1101 Midterm: PSY 1101 Exam Review.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: nadean

Document Summary

Introduction: structuralism, an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the mind (introspection is looking into yourself). This method was started by edward tichener: functionalism, a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes functioned; how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish. William james was a famous psychologist who studied the mind and its functions: behaviorism, the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental science. John watson and b. f. skinner were both of this opinion; they did not feel that emotions or feelings could be studied: humanistic psychology, emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individuals potential for personal growth. Chapter 1 - thinking critically with psychological science: hindsight bias, the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen this outcome despite no one actually foreseeing it.