CHAPTER 1 – THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY YOU KNOW YOU ARE READY FOR THE TEST IF YOU ARE ABLE TO… • Define psychology and describe the goals that psychologists hope to achieve. • Describe the history of psychology. • Discuss the current state of psychology‚ including the most common perspectives and major professions in the field. • Describe the scientific method and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. • Explain the basic guidelines and ethical concerns of psychological research. • Introduce
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Psychology Chapter One Psychology started as a speculation and has evolved into science over years. . It was born as an independent discipline. The discovery began in 1870 by a small number of scholars. The founders are disciplines of philosophy and physiology which share an interest in the mysteries of the mind. In 1832- 1920 Wilhelm Wundt changed the view‚ he created the first laboratory in 1879 in Leipzig Germany. He mounted a campaign to make psychology and independent discipline rather
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History of Psychology Psychology is defined as "the study of behavior and mental processes". Philosophical interest in the mind and behavior dates back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt‚ Greece‚ China‚ and India. Psychology as a self-conscious field of experimental study began in 1879‚ when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively to psychological research in Leipzig. Wundt was also the first person who wrote the first textbook on psychology: Principles of Physiological
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PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology San Diego State University Fall Semester 2014 – TTH 8:00 Section Instructor:Mark A. Laumakis‚ Ph.D. (pronounced la-may-kiss) Office: Life Sciences North 109 (I am only there on Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 12 noon) Phone:(619) 594-1933 E-mail: mlaumakis@mail.sdsu.eduOffice Hours: Tuesday (online) and Thursday (in Life Sciences North 109) 11 a.m. – 12 noon Class Time/Location:Tuesday: online in Blackboard Collaborate / Thursday 8:00-9:15 a.m. in AL-201 NOTE:
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* Psychology 111 Study Guide for Exam 2 How to use this study guide Complete the study guide and attached charts. Read the chapter according to the course schedule. Read chapter summary and review sections. Assignments to be submitted as scheduled in the course outline. Perspectives for this exam Behavioral psychology Cognitive psychology Topics for this exam Learning Behavioral learning Cognitive learning Social Cognitive or Observational Learning The big picture of what we are
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“Psychology has given the world little cause for amazement” Sinead Clarke Word Count: 1‚769 “Psychology has given the world little cause for amazement” In 1843‚ John Stuart Mill published “System of Logic Ratiocinative and Inductive‚ Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation” (A System of Logic) in which he declared “psychology should leave the realm of speculation and philosophy and become a science of observation and experiment.” Commencing
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The experiences we go through in life shape us‚ be it wonderful or horrid‚ but how you look at it shows what kind of person you turned out to be. August Pullman is a ten year old kid with a condition called Treacher Collins Syndrome‚ in which the bones and tissues in his face aren’t developed. After being in a hospital and home schooled almost his entire life‚ he attends Beecher Prep‚ a normal school. He faces hardships throughout the year that test his limits. By the end of the year‚ his time at
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LO 1 Define psychology. “The study of behavior & mental process” LO 2 Describe the scope of psychology and its subfields. “The psychology is a broad field that includes many perspectives and SUBFIELDS. APA the American Psychological Association and the APS The Association for Psychological Science. Psychologists conduct two major types of research Basic research which is “often done in universities” and focuses on collecting data to support (or refute) theories and gathers knowledge for the sake
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August Wilson‚ whose real name is Frederick August Kittel‚ was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania on April 27‚ 1945. He died on October 2nd‚ 2005. His mother‚ Daisy Wilson was African American; while his father‚ Frederick Kittel was a German Immigrant. When he was just 4 years old‚ his mother taught him how to read. He was eager to learn more and to get his library card a year later. When his parents got divorced‚ it forced his mother and his siblings to move to a white suburb in Oakland. He bounced
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experiments in social psychology drawing on the cognitive social perspective and one of the other three perspectives in the module (discursive psychological‚ phenomenological or social psychoanalytic). This essay will provide a description of the experimental method for both the cognitive social perspective and social psychoanalytic perspective. A compare and contrast will be given for the two perspectives in a critical evaluation as an approach to doing research in social psychology. The cognitive
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