PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology Chapter 1
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1/20/2015 5:08:00 pm: chapter 1 outline: the science of psychology. Be able to label examples of each goal: 1. Test hypothesis, review results, replicate: why is sam having this problem, 3. What is objective introspection: o two highly influential early approaches to psychology were psychoanalysis and behaviorism. Forming a hypothesis: 3. testing the hypothesis, 4. Study types: basic research: conducted to answers questions about the nature of behavior cognition- develops/builds theories, applied research: conducted to resolve practical problems- develops new innovations/technologies. A good theory should: organize and explain facts ab behavior, generate new knowledge and help to predict behavior. Have food available, if he eats it he"s hungry: if he doesn"t eat in 12 hours he"s hungry, you have to define hunger. Case study: study of one individual in great detail, advantage: tremendous amount of detail, disadvantage: cannot apply findings to others, famous case studies: phineas gage, genie the feral child.
