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Intro to Psych
Chap. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | Scientific study of behavior and mental processes and how they affect the individual's physical and mental state and the evironment. This is the study of internal processes and external behaviors. |
| Science | Systematically observes, describes, predict, and explain behavior |
| Mental Process | thoughts ,feelings ,& motives that we experience privately; these processes do not lend themseves to direct observation. |
| Evironment | context in which behavior & mental processes occur |
| Historicism | tendency to focus on psychology's past accompishments |
| Presentism | emphasis is on current trends in the enterprise of psychology |
| Plato's rationalism | innate knowledge discovered through reason |
| Aristotle's empiricism | sensory experience is the chief source of knowledge |
| Bacon's Skepticism | question, systematic observation ,& verified by others |
| Locke's tabula rosa | born as a blank slate: life's experiences script on you |
| St.Augustine | tension between voice of reason & passions of the heart |
| Structuralism | Wundt & Titcher |
| Wundt & Titcher | Discovering basic elements/structures to mental processes/ 3 dimensions of feeling(pleasure/displeasure)(tension/relaxation)(excitment/depression) |
| Functionalism | William James |
| William James | Functions of mind/ behavior in adapting to evironment/ mind is flexable and adaptable in response to streams of consciousness(constant change and flow of information) |
| Behaviorism | Pavlov, Watson, Skinner, Thorndike |
| Pavlov, Watson, Skinner, Thorndike | Emphasis on obserable behavior/de-emphamsis of invisible/intangible/ conditioning studies as evidence |
| Cognitive behaviorism/learning | thought, emotion and eviroment modify behaviors |
| Dynamic | Role of unconscious processes, conflicts, & early family issues |
| Humanistic | people are basically good; all they need is opportunity to grow |
| Neuroscience | CNS is the key to understanding thought, behavior, & feeings |
| Sociocultural | Gender, ethnicity, and culture as focal points |
| Gender | socialcutural dimension of being male or female |
| Ethnicity | cultural heritage: national features; race; religion; language |
| Culture | bx patterns, beliefs, etc(music, dress, diet & ceremonies) |
| Clinical | diagnosis & treatment of psychological problems |
| Counseling | career & vocational emphasis in general treatment setting |
| Experimental | conduct research, usually in laboratory settings |
| Neuropsychology | study brain related cognitive behavioral problems |
| School | learning and academic related issues |
| Industrial/Organizational | workplace relationship and business productivity issues |
| Forensic | psychological issues in legal settings (e.g.,insanity defense) |
| Sports | psychological principles in sport performance & enjoyment |
| Health | psychological & lifestyle factors in health & health delivery settings |
| Cross Cultural | role of culture in understanding thought, emotion ,& bx |
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