Power windows are a "reversal, rest at ground" circuit. Basically, each window motor has two wires. Pressing a window switch interrupts and changes one of these wires only, from being grounded to having power. The second wire remaining grounded; having power and ground the motor turns. Release the switch and both wires return to being grounded. The motor wires are always grounded unless a switch is moved; this is the "rest at ground" part.
The switch can be pressed two ways, alternating which of two wires gets power. This is the "reversal" part.
The passenger side (and the rears on a four door) has its own second switch, which is simply in series with the driver's master switch. Pressing the passenger switch has the same operation- it changes one wire only from ground to power.
A key thing to remember, is that everything grounds back through the driver (or master) switch. And the switch operation has to interrupt or open the wire getting power, because it's always grounded. Otherwise, just putting power on a motor wire, is a direct short and not good for the wiring and switches.
The wiring diagram should hopefully make more sense with a better understanding of how the circuit works. Here's the 1989 EVTM power window diagram and the troubleshooting page.