List of historical schools of thought to understand human behaviour
Structuralism
Functionalism
Behaviourism
Psychoanalysis
What is structualism?
Idea that human behaviour can be objectively measured as responses to stimulus
Because humans are complex machines that can be broken down to understand
What is structuralism based in originally?
Physical sciences research method
What is Functionalism
Understanding human behaviour through evolutionary lens
What is Behaviourism
Attempt to directly measure behaviour through observation
What is Psychoanalysis
Interpreting how unconscious mind affects consciousness thus behaviour
Who classified psychoanalysis as a pswudoscience?
Karl Popper
Modern approaches to understanding human behaviour
Biological
Cognitive
Social
Developmental
When is the dissertation involving research?
3rd year
Why is learning anout research methods important?
Critical of prev published research: any methodological issues or insights into how theories are developed
TB1 includes what in this module?
Qualitative methodologies eg data in words in interviews from their perceptions
TB2 includes what in this module?
Quantitaive methodologies eg data from computer softwares