PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 1- Intro Into Psych/ Brief History Of Psych
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1: psychology in action and the history of psychology. Mapping out the whole semester vs. living week to week or day by day calendar + day planner + to do list: procrastination. One cycle: think about class related task > feel unpleasant > don"t work > feel unpleasant: things to try: Breaking things down group based accountability rewarding yourself for doing a task thinking about how the task relates to you larger goals and values: reading textbook and studying. Study to your learning style strengths test yourself: lectures two common mistakes taking no notes writing down everything. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Predict- will it happen again?, if then. Control- how to modify it: wilhelm wundt. First attempt to bring objectivity/ measurement in psychology. Founded the 1st experimental psych lab in the late 1800s: edward titchener. Structuralism study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic elements.
