Chapter 1 Psych Notes
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13 Terms
Psych Meaning
Breath, spirit, soul, mind
-Ology Meaning
Scientific study of
Scientific Method
1) Question about how/why something happens
2) Propose hypothesis
3) Accumulation of evidence leads to a theory
Empirical Method
Acquiring knowledge through observation and experimentation
Wilhelm Wundt
A founder of psychology
Emphasized structuralism
Structuralism
Understanding structure and characteristics of the mind through introspection
Introspection
Process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in attempt to break it into its component parts
William James
First American psychologist
Function vs Structure
Functionalism
Emphasized how mental activities contributed to basic environmental survival
Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalytic Theory: Focused on the unconscious mind and drives as well as early-childhood experiences
Utilized a generative theory
Thought problems were due to conflicts in the unconscious mind
Dream Analysis: Method which Freud thought he could access the unconscious mind
Generative
Focused on building a theory
Empirical
Focused on observable data