This bundle contains everything you need to know for the second interim exam of Fundamentals of Psychology for the University of Amsterdam. It uses the book "Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology by M. Brysbaert and K. Rastle (second edition)". The bundle contains the following chapters:
- 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13
The mind refers to the faculties humans and animals have to perceive, feel, think, remember and want. Consciousness refers to the self-perception and the explicit experiences a person has of the world around them.
There are two mutually exclusive stances in the mind-body debate:
Mental health treatment was seen as a medical treatment before the second world war, explaining why psychologists were not allowed to treat patients without supervision. After the second world war, there was an increased need for psychological help (e.g. shellshock patients) which led to a more psychological approach to mental disorders.
After the second world war, there
........Read moreBacon suggested systematic research in which all information on the topic was gathered and put into three tables:
The scientific method is used because it allows for systematicity and accumulation of knowledge (1), it makes use of well-defined methods (2), it provides clarity (3), it is useful for predictions (4) and it makes knowledge revisable (5). However, there are several reasons why psychology might not be a science:
Quantitative research methods refer to research methods based on quantifiable data and the findings can be represented as numbers because their magnitude or frequency can be measured. It makes use of several assumptions:
There is a reciprocal interaction between psychological science and society. Aberrant cognition, affect and behaviour used to be explained by bizarre theories and the treatments were ineffective and inhumane. Each culture has a symptom pool and patients with psychological problems gravitate towards the symptoms that are thought to be a legitimate indication of a mental disorder. Clinical practice
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