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Chapter 1 (AP)
Chapter 1: History and Approaches
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Empiricism | the view that knowledge originates in experience |
| Structuralism | looking inward to explore the structural elements of the human mind |
| Functionalism | how our mental and behavioral processes function |
| Experimental Psychology | the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method |
| Behaviorism | the study of observable behavior |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | the study of brain activity linked with mental activity |
| Psychology | the science of behavior and mental processes |
| Nature-Nurture Issue | the controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience |
| Natural Selection | nature selects the traits that best enable an organism to survive |
| Levels of Analysis | differing complementary views |
| Biological Psychology (Pointer Finger) | the study of the chemical make up of the brain |
| Evolutionary Psychology (Wrist) | the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection |
| Psychodynamic Psychology (Thumb) | the study of unconscious drives |
| Behavioral Psychology (Middle Finger) | the study of learned responses based on the reinforcement of or punishment for behaviors |
| Cognitive Psychology (Pinky Finger) | the study of all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating |
| Humanistic Psychology (Ring Finger) | perspective that emphasizes feelings and emotions and better of understanding of oneself |
| Social-Cultural Psychology (Palm) | the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking |
| Psychometrics | the study of the measurement of human abilities. attitudes, and traits |
| Basic Research | pure science the aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
| Developmental Psychology | the study of our changing abilities through our life span |
| Educational Psychology | the study of influences on teaching and learning |
| Personality Psychology | the study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting |
| Social Psychology | the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
| Applied Research | scientific study the aims to solve practical problems |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychology | concepts and methods of optimizing human behavior in workplaces |
| Human Factors Psychology | the study of how people and machines interact |
| Counseling Psychology | assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-being |
| Clinical Psychology | studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders |
| Psychiatry | medicine dealing with psychological dosorders |
| William Wundt | Structuralism -trained subjects in introspection -hoped to examine basic cognitive structures |
| William James | Functionalism -wrote the first psychology textbook Principles of Psychology |
| Mary Whiton Calkins | was denied the claim by Harvard of being psychology's first female psychology Ph.D. |
| Margaret Floy Washburn | became psychology's first female psychology Ph.D. |
| G. Stanley Hall | Structuralism -pioneered the study of child development |
| Max Wertheimer | Gestalt Psychologist -argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures |
| Gestalt Psycholgy | tried to examine a person's total experience |
| Sigmund Freud | Psychoanalytic Theory -unconscious mind |
| John Watson | Behavioral Approach -conducted Little Albert experiment |
| Ivan Pavlov | Behavioral Approach -conducted dog/bell experiment |
| B. F. Skinner | Behavioral Approach -introduced the idea of reinforcement |
| Abraham Maslow | Humanistic Approach -stressed individual choice and free will |
| Jean Piaget | Cognitive Approach |
| Carl Rogers | Humanistic Approach -stressed individual choice and free will |
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