Hard behaviourism - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Psychology Themes and Variations 6th Edition. Doug McCann, Wayne Weiten & Deborah Matheson TB Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Raphael and Paxton are roommates. Because they’re both psychology majors, they choose to dress up as their favourite early psychologists for a Halloween party in their building. They also challenge one another to act like these psychologists all night, and the first one to break character has to take out th...

Psychology Themes and Variations 6th Edition. Doug McCann, Wayne Weiten & Deborah Matheson TB Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Raphael and Paxton are roommates. Because they’re both psychology majors, they choose to dress up as their favourite early psychologists for a Halloween party in their building. They also challenge one another to act like these psychologists all night, and the first one to break character has to take out th...

Approaches 16 markers Outline the origins of psychology - answerIntrospection--> a self-report technique where people record their conscious thoughts to be then broken down into basic elements. Wundt (1879) believed in structuralism of the mind. Now recognised as 'scientific' due to the many controls used i.e. the same stimulus (a ticking metronome) and the same standardised instructions to be issued to all participants, allowing for the process to be replicated. The scientific appro...

Consciousness - Answer-awareness of oneself and one's environment • late 19th century: major subject of study in psychology • early 20th century: behaviourism considered it a mere product of behaviour. • mid-late 20th century: interest in mental processes increases • currently: how does it arise from the functioning of the brain? Gerhard Roth - Answer-• He defined 2 forms of consciousness: Background Stream & Actual Stream. • He also stated that consciousness comprises many st...

Approaches 16 markers Outline the origins of psychology - answerIntrospection--> a self-report technique where people record their conscious thoughts to be then broken down into basic elements. Wundt (1879) believed in structuralism of the mind. Now recognised as 'scientific' due to the many controls used i.e. the same stimulus (a ticking metronome) and the same standardised instructions to be issued to all participants, allowing for the process to be replicated. The scientific appro...

Approaches 16 markers Outline the origins of psychology - answerIntrospection--> a self-report technique where people record their conscious thoughts to be then broken down into basic elements. Wundt (1879) believed in structuralism of the mind. Now recognised as 'scientific' due to the many controls used i.e. the same stimulus (a ticking metronome) and the same standardised instructions to be issued to all participants, allowing for the process to be replicated. The scientific appro...

Approaches 16 markers Outline the origins of psychology - answerIntrospection--> a self-report technique where people record their conscious thoughts to be then broken down into basic elements. Wundt (1879) believed in structuralism of the mind. Now recognised as 'scientific' due to the many controls used i.e. the same stimulus (a ticking metronome) and the same standardised instructions to be issued to all participants, allowing for the process to be replicated. The scientific appro...

Test info ● Need to know names and accomplishments Important stuff from Lec 1 ● Historical origins of cog psych ○ Hasan ibn al-haytham’s book of optics, he started the first experiments in vision, he is start of what we think of as experimental cog psych ■ Ran experiments on self, through deduction found how vision works, hundreds of years before fechner comes to similar conclusions ○ Fechner’s element of psychophysics ■ Relates physical stimuli to perceptions, he sort o...

Early U.S. Psychology - Answer- Stage 1: Moral and Mental Philosophy: -god -locke Stage 2: Intellectual Philosophy: -psychology is separate from philosophy Stage 3: The US Renaissance: -psychology + evolution Stage 4: Functionalism: -structuralism also big Characteristics of Functional Psych - Answer- 1. Dont agree with sterile searches of elements 2. Understanding functions rather than contents 3. Practical science > pure science 4. Research on animals, children and ab...

PYC3703 EXAM PACK 2023 LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PYC3703 – Cognition: Thinking, Memory and Problem Solving This document is a compilation of UNISA Assignment and Exam Questions and Answers Answers are motivated by a combination of: • References • Short summaries/reasoning regarding the relevant topic(s) in question. (Incorrect options are also marked where applicable, in order to identify and disregard red-herring alternatives) Assignments covered are: • 2016 Assignment 1 ...