PSY 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Color Theory, Optic Nerve, Mirror Neuron

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

Document Summary

While this study guide provides an in-depth overview of many topics you will see on the exam, it is not a comprehensive list of everything that is on the exam. You are responsible for the information both in your text in addition to the material covered in lecture. However, this guide should greatly help focus your studying. *note: you will not be tested over pages 19-22 in your text (unless a topic discussed on these pages is listed below). Early and current definitions of psychology: early definition of psychology. Study of the mind: modern definition of psychology. The scientific study of human and animal behavior and mental processes. Major figures in psychology and their basic contributions: wundt. Looked at consciousness before it was called structuralism**** Two methods: reduction, looking at details, introspection, described their own conscious experiments in a systematic way- looking inside yourself. Established 1st research lab at university of leipzig. Established 1st psychology journal for research publications: hall.