Psychology Prologue

Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

View that knowledge comes from experience via the senses and science flourishes through observation and experiments

Stresses the organizational process in behavior

Early school of psych. that used introspection to explore elemental structure of human mind

Focused on how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

Looking in the mind to report elements of their experience

Among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

An integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis

A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders, practiced by physicians who provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy`

A branch of psychology that studies , assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders

First to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities

Wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding and came up with tabula rasa- saying human mind at birth is a blank slate

Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association. focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory

Conducted first psychological experiment at university of Leizpig

Used introspection to search for the minds structural elements. ALso introduced structuralism.