PSYC3030 Exam 1 Materia;

Cognitive Psychology

The scientific study of how the mind represents and processes information

Structuralism

What study of psychology did Wilhelm Wundt use?

Structuralism

What study of psychology did Edward Titchener use?

Structuralism

Just look inside and see the contents of your mind

Sensations

basic elements of the mind that together determine experience

Analytic Introspection

A technique by which, after extensive training, people could supposedly learn to identify individual sensations

Functionalism

What study of psychology did William James use?

Structuralism

Emphasis on Representations (on the end product not the process)

Functionalism

What is the mind for? What functions does it serve?

Principles of Psychology

What book was written by William James on functionalism

Behavioralism

Ignores the mind completely. Focuses on Stimulus to Response

Ivan Pavlov

Used Classical Conditioning to train a dog.

Little Albert Experiment

John Watson and Rosalie Rayner’s experiment

Behaviorism

Emphasis on what can be directly observed

Cognitive Map

What did Edward Tolman believe the rats developed in training to find food in a four armed maze?

Assumption of Pure Insertion

All dtages remail the same ehen thr new one is added

Assumption of additivity

The durations of all stages add together to yield the reaction time