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Psychology Scientific Study of Behavior - Lecture Notes |, Study notes of Psychology

St. Johns River Community CollegePsychology

Material Type: Notes; Class: Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: St. Johns River Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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2009/2010

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I. Introduction
A. Psychology-scientific study of behavior
and mental processes
1. Psyche-what is psyche
2. Ology- study of
B. Scientific method
1. Theory
2. Replication
a. Reliability
b. Validity
C. 4 goals of psychology
1. Description
2. Explanation
3. Prediction
4. Influence
D. Research
1. Basic Research
2. Applied Research
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I. Introduction A. Psychology-scientific study of behavior and mental processes

  1. Psyche-what is psyche
  2. Ology- study of B. Scientific method
  3. Theory
  4. Replication a. Reliability b. Validity C. 4 goals of psychology
  5. Description
  6. Explanation
  7. Prediction
  8. Influence D. Research
  9. Basic Research
  10. Applied Research

II. Exploring Psychology’s Roots A. Founding of Psychology

  1. Thousands of years
  2. William Wundt-father of psychology a. Set up lab in University of Leipzig in Germany 1879 b. Introspection
  3. Structualism a. Edward Titchener (1867-1927) b. Breaking down into basic structures
  4. Functionalism a. William James (1842-1910) 1. Principles of Psychology (1890) 2. Brother of Henry James b. Functionalism included the study of behavior

C. Humanistic psychology-focuses on the uniqueness of human beings and their capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health.

  1. Maslow
  2. Carl Rodgers (1902-1987) a. Person centered therapy b. Popularized group therapy Yalom group D. Cognitive Psychology
  3. Grew in response to radical behaviorism
  4. Gestalt-wholeness Fritz Perls
  5. Information processing IV. Descriptive Research Methods A. Naturalistic Observation
  6. Problems
  7. Observer bias B. Laboratory observation
  8. Generalizability C. Case Study

D. Survey Research

  1. Sample
  2. Representative sample
  3. Population V. Experimental Method A. Variable
  4. Independent variable
  5. Dependent variable B. Control groups C. Confounding Variables D. Placebo effect E. Double-blind technique VI. Correlational Method A. Correlation coefficient
  6. Between -1 and +
  7. –