AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Psychology is considered a science mainly because it relies on direct observation. Which field of psychology best supports this? Behaviorism – First field to study psychology in an observable and measurable manner.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Behavioral Perspective: A Focus on Observable Behavior The behavioral perspective is the psychological approach that suggests that the keys to understanding development are observable behavior and external stimuli in the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychologists who were interested in both human and animal behavior defined psychology as a “science of human and animal behavior” or it was defined simply as the study of organism. Many psychologists argued that people are so distinct from other animals that we can only learn about people by studying people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behaviorism: A theory and school of thought in psychology which states that all types of human behavior can be learned through two key types of conditioning: classical conditioning and operant conditioning. The terms behaviorism and behavioral perspective can also be used interchangeably.

Detailed explanation-5: -Psychology as a field of experimental study began in 1854 in Leipzig, Germany when Gustav Fechner created the first theory of how judgments about sensory experiences are made and how to experiment on them.