[PSYC 2000] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (28 pages long)
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Correct: you use 100% of your brain, 100% of the time. Psychology is full of myths: you only use 10% of your brain. William james is the founder of the idea that we only use 10% of the brain. He actually said we use 10% of our potential. What is psychology: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455)"s four goals [cat example: description. How can it be changed? f (history of psychology: wilhel(cid:373) wu(cid:374)dt"s ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) la(cid:271)orator(cid:455) E(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s: edward titchener. Brought structuralism to america: margaret washburn. 1st woman to earn a ph. d. in psychology (1894, cornell: structuralism died out in the early 1900s. How the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play: william james. Considered the father of modern psychology; had the first labatory in us. Denied ph. d. from harvard because she was a woman. Mary has petitioned to get her ph. d. multiple time, but denied all: african americans and early psychology.
