Psyh 001 General Psychology Experimental Psychology By Jas

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PRELIM PART: When using an empirical approach, psychologists focus on Behaviors and experiences that can be observed directly The broad trend that describes the historical development of scientific psychology may be characterized as Shifts in theoretical perspectives from behaviorism, to cognitive perspectives, to neuroscience emphases. The development of psychophysical methods and reaction-time experiments at the end of the 19th century was important to the emerging field of psychology because these methods Helped psychology to become a quantifiable, laboratory-based science. Three ways in which we can characterize the context in which science occurs include Historical, social/cultural, and moral. The idea that psychological research involves "WEIRDOs" refers to The fact that most research participants come from a specific social and economic background. Most recently, the dominant psychological perspective for understanding people's behavior and mental processes is Cognitive Psychology The social-cultural context in which research takes places influences psychological research by affecting The resources available for psychological research. The most important characteristic of the scientific method is the Empirical approach An important factor in the advancement of cognitive psychology during the 20th century was theComputer revolution Public criticism of psychological research seems to occur primarily when The research findings go against