Psychology Sentences

Psychology Sentences

  • Submitted By: jennaduh
  • Date Submitted: 10/05/2010 9:10 PM
  • Category: Psychology
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When a person asks their professor if something they saw on the television is valid, Authority would be the method used for assessing truth.
After hearing a theory then testing it with your own research, Empiricism/research would be the method of assessing truth.
Determinism is the canon of science that states that the world is orderly and everything has meaningful, systematic causes.
Freud’s theories would not hold up to testability - canon of science.
Psychology is classified as a science.
A visual nonverbal learner learns best with info presented in graphs, charts, pictures and diagrams. The Behavior Theory emphasizes reinforcement and punishment as determinants of behavior.
An auditory learner learns best when hearing things.
A Tactile/Kinesthetic learner learns best when engaged in a “hands on” activity.
The Behavior Theory emphasizes reinforcement and punishment as determinants of behavior.
The Behavior Theory emphasizes the association as an important component of learning.
The cognitive theory can be described by a psychologist by explaining that being middle aged is not whats important, but the personal interpretation of being middle aged is what’s important.
Biological theory does research focused on finding physiological correlates of addictive behaviors.
The Gestalt Theory emphasizes the notion that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Psychology can trace its roots back to philosophy and physiology.
The Socratic Method involves asking a series of questions in order to simulate crtical thinking and illuminate ideas.
Aristotle wrote extensively on many topics that would later become a part of psychology.
William Wundt was considered to be the father of psychology, he wrote a book about psychology, and he started the first psychological research lab.
Edward Titchener started the school of psychology known as Structuralism.
William James started the school of psychology known as Functionalism.
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