Psy 121 missouri state - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Psychology - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Four Goals of Psychology - Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Control Wilhelm Wundt - "Father of Psychology"; introspection-1879 Edward Titchener - Wundt's student; brought structuralism to America Margaret Washburn - First woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology William James - founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment Minorities in Psychology - many of psychology's ...

Psychology - the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Psychodynamic approach - Emphasizing unconscious thought, the conflict between biological drives (such as the drive for sex) and society's demands, and early childhood family experiences. Think unconscious, motives, conflicts, and past experiences, Freud Behavioral approach - Emphasizing the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their environment. Think Observation, Watson, Skinner, Learning, Environment ...

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