PSYCH207 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: John Stuart Mill, Human Factors And Ergonomics, Edward C. Tolman
29 Nov 2017
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Wundt"s focus on what the elemental parts of mind are rather than question why mind does what it does: limitations: many cog processes occur without conscious awareness. ; came to be called limited capacity processors. Naturalistic observation = same normal life (if new atm, see how ppl learn to use) - ecological valid - study not in lab but in real world (easy: no volunteers, little resources) But, no experimental control - no means to isolate causes of behaviors or reactions, must infer relationships among them and recordings only as good as how observer planned to record what important and possible bias. Introspection - observer records own mental processes (ex. ppl asked to solve things with no paper and think aloud)// same pros and cons as natural but more. One pro is as studying self can see experience and factors that influenced it; but con is more bias and concern with own performance (distort observations)
