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Introducing Psychology

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Define Psychology   The scientific study of behavior and the mind.  
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Major Subfields of Psychology   1. Applied - (professional) mostly client based, largest subgroup, many in private practice. 2. Research - (academic) mostly teaching and/or research. Many in Universities and Colleges.  
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How Psychology is linked to other fields   Biology, Anthropology, Sociology, Computer Science, and Medicine.  
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Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist   Psychologist - can't prescribe medication Psychiatrist - Specifically working with disorders, can prescribe medication.  
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Neuroscience   Examine structure and function of the nervous system in humans and animals ranging from an individual cell to overt behavior.  
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Research in Psychology   We seek answers using scientific method. (gather evidence)(controlled experiments)(analyze results)(draw conclusions). Apply findings to help people.  
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British Empiricism   Philosophers believed that all ideas and knowledge are gained through the senses.  
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Psychophysics   Understanding vision and other senses.  
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Theory of Evolution   The human mind is a product of the biological continuity between humans and other species.  
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Wilhelm Wundt's approach (Consciousness)   He campaigned to study the human mind and behavior. "Building Blocks".  
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Titchner and Structuralism   Studied conscious experience and it's structure.  
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Primary source of Gestalt Psychology   Goals : to describe the organization of consciousness and principles of perpetual organization.  
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Sigmund Freud's ideas about the unconscious mind   Conscious and unconscious mind, and the importance of childhood.  
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William James's Functionalism and it's relationship to the Theory of Evolution   Functionalism is the study of how the conscious mind allows an organism to survive and adapt to the environment.  
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John B. Watson's ideas about developing psychology as a science, and behaviorism   Only behavior can be observed, only study observable behavior(animal models).  
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B. F. Skinner's contribution to behaviorism   Animal models, hands on approach.  
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Biological Approach   Assume that behavior and mental processes are largely shaped by biological processes (nervous system, hormones, and other chemicals).  
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Evolutionary Approach   Emphasize the inherited adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes.  
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Psychodynamic Approach   Emphasize the interplay of unconscious mental processes in determining human thoughts, feelings and behavior.  
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Behavioral Approach   Human behavior is determined by what a person has learned primarily through reward and punishment.  
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Cognitive Psychology   How the brain takes in and processes information, creates perceptions, makes and retrieves memories and generates patterns of action.  
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Humanistic Psychology   Behavior that is controlled by the decisions people make about their lives based on their perception of the world.  
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Diversity od people engaged in psychology has changed over time   Broadened the fields of study.  
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Sensitivity to Sociocultural factors in psychological studies   Different cultures have so many different views and behaviors.  
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Individualist vs. collectivist   individualist - make own decisions, self profit collectivist - group persuaded decision not personal choice, society influence.  
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