PSYS 100 Quiz: History of Psychology.docx

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Psychological Science
• Course: PSYS 100
• Professor: Biner

Document Summary

Structuralist"s method of research was called: introspection (self-examination: subjects would simply describe what they were thinking and feeling under certain conditions. 1910: functionalism was thriving in the u. s while gestalt psychology (a new movement) popped up in europe, gestalt psychologists stressed the study of the total experience of the individual. What makes a good theory: logical, parsimonious (simple as possible, stimulate new research, easily lead to new hypotheses, be testable (relate to real-world observations) Scientific method: facts (data) to theory (explanation) to hypotheses (predictions) to facts (data) We manipulate the iv (nicotine) to see if it affects the dv (wheel rotations) Note with field experiment: much less control than with the lab experiment, results relate better to the real world than the results of the lab experiment. How afraid are you of, some day, being diagnosed with schizophrenia? before 4. 6, after . 9. 7.