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| The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. |
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Describe the way Organism behave.
Explain the causes of behavior.
Predict people's behavior in situations.
Control and organism's behavior |
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| Genes, hormones, and the nervous system influence us. |
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| Studying the processing, storing, and use of information and its influence on the mind and behavior |
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+John Watson: study of behavior that is observable and measurable in scientific way.
+B.B.Skinner: "we behave the way we do because it is reinforced" |
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| Psychoanalytic Perspective |
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Sigmund Freud:
+Unconcious desires motivates our thoughts and desires.
+Our psyche is like an iceberg with the largest part being below water or below a concious level |
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+Abraham Maslow teaches that man is basically good and is motivated to better themselves.
+Carl ROgers delveloped self-help therapy |
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+emphasied perception as more than just the sum of the parts (Elements of sensation)
+used illusions to illustrate how perception is more than just added up. |
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Measures how different variables relate to each other
Correlation is not causation! |
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+Research generally done in a laboratory with humans or animals.
+In order for it to be a true experimental design it must have the following:
-> a high degree of control
-> random assignment |
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| Variable which is manipulated. |
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| Variable which is measured. |
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