The Different schools of psychology Structuralism- the first school of thought headed by Wilhelm Wundt‚ a German‚ and later by E.B. Titchener started in 1879 when experimental psychology was gaining more incentive. The structuralists‚ as they called themselves‚ thought of psychology as the study of conscious experience. They started components experience. They started that all complex substances could be analyzed through their component elements. They held that elementary mental states such as sensations
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What is psychology? The term "psychology" is derived from two Greek words – psyche (soul) and logos (science or study). Thus‚ literally it means study or science of soul. But now it is no more considered as science of soul. It has moved away from this focus and established itself as a scientific discipline which deals with the various processes and behaviour of organism. Most of the contemporary psychologists agree on a definition of psychology as the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes
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PSYC 1133 Introduction to Psychology – Terms‚ Topics‚ and Persons The following key terms‚ topics‚ and persons will be included in class instruction and on quizzes and exams. It is your responsibility to identify them in your text and be knowledgeable of them in preparation for online quizzes and in-class exams. The more you relate these terms‚ topics‚ and people to your current memory (by association) the better you will understand them and be able to retrieve them for exams. Some quiz items
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Personality Traits .................................................................2 Organizational Culture in Police Force ................................ 17 The Communication Problem of Police Inspector ................21 General Working Environment........................................... 24 Working Schedule ............................................................... 25 Stress .................................................................................. 26 Designed Learning Process
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infer or make an intelligence guess about‚ the population Sample: a set of observations drawn from the population of interest. Samples are used most often because it is rare that we are able to study every person (or organization or laboratory rat) in a particular population. Researchers usually study a sample‚ but they are really interested in the population‚ which includes all possible observations about which we’d like to know something. Discrete Variables that can only take on specific values
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PSYCH Chapter One: Psychology and Scientific Thinking What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of the mind‚ brain‚ and behavior. As a discipline‚ psychology spans many levels of analysis. Biological social influences Attachment Need to examine ALL of them: genetic/neurochemical/physiological and mental/behavioral/social level Depression at differing levels of Explanation Molecular level>Neurochemical>Neurological/physiological>Mental>Behavioral>Social Challenging
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cause-and-effect relationship between levels of acetylcholine and memory * Limitations – questionable to what extent these findings can be generalised to humans; assumed that memory processes are the same for all animals. Case study: PHINEAS GAGE Aim: the most famous study of how brain damage can affect behaviour * Phineas Gage‚ 25 years old railroad worker‚ got in a serious accident. While trying to blast through a rocky cliff‚ an explosion sent a metal pole through his skull. Iron entered
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Case Study Example | Max - From the book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak used by permission of the author‚ Maire Kennedy | Abstract This paper explores a psychological case study on the character of Max from the film Where the Wild Things Are. By using various sources‚ it is asserted that Max may have suffered from a Brief Psychotic Break. This paper examines common diagnoses for children (ADHD‚ early acute schizophrenia)‚ as well as treatment options. It will discuss
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Depression - What We Know and What You Can Do About It. NY: Wiley & Sons. Depression - Information and Treatment (1999-2002). Retrieved July 8‚ 2003 from the Psychology Information Online Web Site:<http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression>. Reference with Encarta (1995-2003). Encyclopedia Article: Depression (Psychology). Retrieved July10‚ 2003 from MSN Learning and Research Web Site: <http://Encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761578989>. Specific Phobias. http://seniorhealth
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researchers to draw conclusions about the result of the controlled experiment‚ it is important that certain other conditions are met as well. The researcher identifies a specific population to be studied. Because the population may be too large to study effectively‚ a representative sample of the population may be collected. The representativeness is the degree to which a sample reflects the diverse characteristics of the population that is being studied. Radom sampling is one way of ensuring
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