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Unit one AP Psych

Psychology's History and Approaches

TermDefinition
Carl Rogers 1920's, Found behaviors to be too mechanistic
Abraham Maslow 1960's, found behaviorism's focus and learned behaviors
William James 1993, thought to consider the evolved functions of thoughts and feelings
Psychology Study of behavior and mental processes
Applied Research Career Options Industrial-Orgizational, human factors, counseling, clinical, psychiatrists, psychometrics
Nature Genetics, born with them, can't change
Combine Perspective Biological, psychological, and social-cultural.
Nurture Learn through experiences
Influence Behaviors or mental process
Seven Contemporary Perspectives Evolutionary, biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, social-cultural
Edward Bradford 1892, Wundt's student introduced structuralism
Human factors How people and machines interact in an environment
Industrial-Orginizational Applications of psych. concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in work places
Applied Research Aims to solve practical problems
Educational Affects teaching and learning
Developmental Psychology Physical, cognitive, and social change
Basic Research Science aims to increase scientific knowledge
Psychometrics Measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits
Social Perspectives Situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
Cognitive Psychology All mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
Biopsychosocial Approach Levels of analysis and offers a more complete pictures of any given behavior or mental process.
Natural Selection Nature selects the traits that best enable an organism to survive and reproduce in an environment
Behaviorism Psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Functionalism Focuses on how our mental and behavioral processes work
Structuralism An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind
Humanistic Perspective How we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self fulfillment
Cognitive Perspective How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information
Behavioral Perspective How we learn observable responses
Psychodynamic Perspective Behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Evolutionary Perspective Natural selection of traits promote survival of genes
Biological Perspective The body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences; genes combine with environment to influence individual differences.
Social- Cultural How behavior and thinking vary across different cultures
Psychometrics The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits.
Clinical Psychologists Assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavior disorders. Provides counseling and therapy.
Psychiatrists Provide psychotherapy, medical doctors licensed to prescribe drugs and otherwise treat physical causes of psychological disorders.
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