PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 1
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8/24/2012 2:25:00 pm: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Behavoir: anything an organism does that we can observe and record: ex: eating, sleeping, studying, walking, talking. Mental processes: internal, subjective experiences we infer from behavior: ex: sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts. Prevent possible biases from leading to faulty observations. Structuralism focused on the structure or basic elements of the mind looking inward: brought to american by edward titchener, wundt"s student. Functionalism: examining the functions of out thoughts and feelings, proposed by william james, influenced the modern fields of, educational psychology, evolutionary psychology, industrial/organization psychology. Behaviorism: the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only, must be directly seen and measured, proposed by john b. watson based on the work of ivan. What is psychology: beginning to 1920s- the science of mental life, wundt, titchner, james, freud, 1920s-1960s- the scientific study of observable behavior, watson, skinner, today- the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
