PSY 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Kotodama, Evolutionary Psychology, Positive Psychology
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Know policies about exams, grading, make-up tests, honor code, experiment participation requirement, extra credit and incompletes. Understand concepts from survival guide (last section of syllabus) Chapter 1: the evolution of psychology (6-8 questions, all from the book) Psyche meaning the word soul and logos referring to the study of a subject. Structuralism was based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Functionalism was based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. The theorist behind behaviorism, john b. watson, was proposing that psychologists abandon the study of consciousness altogether and focus exclusively on behaviors that they could observe directly. He was redefining what scientific psychology should be about. According to freud, the unconscious contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior.
