Psychology 2800E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sigmund Freud, Research, Scientific Progress

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Patrick Brown

Document Summary

B. f. skinner: freud affect the general public conception about psychology, and also many misunderstanding. Freud and his psychoanalysis is not favourable to modern psychologist, only. 10% in apa, and less than 5% in other association. Modern psychology is not obsessed with the idea of sigmund freud, nor is it largely defined by them. Freud work is extremely small part of the varied set of issues, data, and theories that are the concern of modern psychologists. Freud method of investigation are completely unrepresentative of how modern psychologists conduct their research. His method give misleading impression of psychological research: did not use control experiment, case studies could establish the truth or falsity of theories, psychoanalysis contained theories and hypotheses, but it lacked a method of empirical observation. The quest to understand behavior by using the methods of science. Psychologist contains not one grand theory, but many different theories, each covering a limited aspect of behaviour.