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Psychology: Definition & Goals
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"science of behavior and mental processes"
Goals:
1. Describe
2. Understand
3. Predict
4. Influence/Change
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Psychology: Definition & Goals
"science of behavior and mental processes"
Goals:
1. Describe
2. Understand
3. Predict
4. Influence/Change
5 Origins of Psychology
Structuralism; Functionalism; Psychometrics; Behaviorism; Unconscious
Structuralism
- structure of the mind/biology
- physical understanding
- introspection
- Gestalt: "whole" greater than sum of parts
Functionalism
- how the brain interacts with the outside world
- demands and how we function
- memory: why we remember things
Psychometrics
- measuring mental functions/intelligence (IQ)
- Industrial Revolution (1890s): mentally retarded could no longer survive the way society is
- development of psychiatric wards/state hospitals
