PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter One
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1. 1 what defines psychology as a field of study, and what are psychology"s four primary goals: psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, the four goals of psychology are description, explanation, prediction, and control. In 1879 psychology began as a science of its own in germany with the technique of objective introspection. structuralism to america. Structuralism died out in the early: titchener, a student of wundt, brought psychology in the form of establishment of wundt"s psychology laboratory. Margaret f. washburn, titchener"s student, was: many of psychology"s early pioneers were minorities such as the the first woman to receive a ph. d. in psychology in 1894 and published the animal mind. Behavior is seen as having an adaptive or survival value. 1. 6 why is psychology considered a science, and what are the steps in using the scientific method: the scientific method is a way to determine facts and control the possibilities of error and bias when observing behavior.
