PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Little Albert Experiment, Community Psychology, Sq3R
18 May 2012
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Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Psychology is a science that seeks to answer questions about us all how and why we think, feel, and act as we do. Before 300 bce, aristotle theorized about learning, memory, motivation, emotion, perception and personality: december 1879 wilhelm wundt (press button when you hear a sound) In germany in 879 when wundt opened his first psychological laboratory. People"s self-reports varied, depending on he experience and the person"s intelligence and verbal ability. _______ used introspection to define the mind"s makeup; ______ focused on how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish. Psychology: the science of behaviour and mental processes. Structuralism: an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind. Functionalism: a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioural processes function how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
