AP Psych Notes Unit 1 Slide 1: Essential Questions What ways does psychology approach the study of human and animal behavior? How has psychology changed the study of human and animal behavior? How do the different perspectives in psychology compare and contrast? Slide 2: Psychology Comes from two Greek words… psyche‚ meaning “life” or “self” logos‚ referring to reasoning and logic Slide 3: Psychology’s Roots Psychology Study of behavior and mental processes aims to describe and
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Chapter 15 Multiple Choice Questions (The answers are provided after the last question.) 1. What is the median of the following set of scores? 18‚ 6‚ 12‚ 10‚ 14 ? a. 10 b. 14 c. 18 d. 12 2. Approximately what percentage of scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean in a normal distribution? a. 34% b. 95% c. 99% d. 68% 3. The denominator (bottom) of the z-score formula is a. a. The standard deviation b. b. The difference between a score and the mean
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3. A general approach to gathering information and answering questions that minimizes errors and bias 1. psychology 2. scientific method 3. introspection 4. theory 4. The first modern psychologist who was primarily interested in understanding the unconscious mind was 1. Wilhelm Wundt 2. Sir Francis Galton 3. Sigmund Freud 4. Ivan Pavlov 5. A frequency distribution shows how often a particular observation occurs. How many
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1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Cristin Norine started The Future of Socializing‚ a 30-day "art piece" in which she: A. avoided using electronic media for social interaction. B. interviewed different people to find out how technology had affected their lives. C. observed a series of focus group discussions to find out how people interact in a social setting. D. isolated herself from actual contact with people and interacted with
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green‚ the other red‚ they appear different from each other‚ but with their shape and size they are very comparable. Their taste is similar as well as their fragrance‚ but still‚ not exactly the same. Such is the relationship between Titchener and Wundt who “considered mind in a naturalistic way” (Watson & Evans‚ 1991). They believed in reductionism‚ that consciousness could either be broken down or reduced to its basic elements without sacrificing any of the properties of the whole. Both men embarked
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to the development of psychology as a science. Physiologists research conducted on the human brain brought scientific methodologies to the science of human behavior. Wundt‚ a German physiologist‚ used scientific methods to gauge reaction times; in this study Wundt highlighted the connections between physiology and human behavior. Wundt formed the first psychology lab‚ thereby moving psychology forward as a scientific discipline. Evolution of Abnormal Psychology Examples of abnormal behavior
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Educational Psychology Introduction Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings‚ the effectiveness of educational treatments‚ the psychology of teaching‚ and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Although the terms "educational psychology" and "school psychology" are often used interchangeably‚ researchers and theorists are likely to be identified as educational psychologists‚ whereas practitioners in schools or school-related
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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 to refer to himself as a psychologist and wrote the first textbook on psychology: Principles of Physiological Psychology. Other important early contributors to the field include
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Psychology Unit 1: Introduction to Psychology Area of Study 1: What is Psychology? Chapter 1: The Nature of Psychology Defining Psychology 1. Centuries ago Psychology was defined as the study of the mind; however this definition has since been updated. What is the current widely accepted definition? Psychology is the study of mental processes and observable behaviours. 2. Who are the main subject matter of Psychology and what does the field focus on? Humans are the subject matter
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first psychology lab‚ Wilhelm Wundt. Almost immediately‚ other theories began to emerge and vie for dominance in psychology. The following are some of the major schools of thought that have influenced our knowledge and understanding of psychology: Structuralism vs. Functionalism: 1) Structuralism was the first school of psychology‚ and focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components. Major structuralist thinkers include Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchner. 2)
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