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psyc 1101 NU
for those in psyc class w/ Professor Cisewski
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| psychology definition | the science that tries to understand behavior and mental process and then apply this to help others |
| behavior | how an organism acts and reacts |
| mental processes | the internal, subjective experiences felt due to behavior |
| empiricism | knowledge obtained through senses (e.g. experiment, evaluation, etc) |
| structuralism | the structure of consciousness, the immediate experience arising from senses |
| functionalism | how individuals learn, memorize, ad complete other mental processes |
| psychoanalysis | theory of how personality, mental disorders, and unconscious thought process differs between individuals |
| behaviorism | how individuals behave comparatively (e.g. what is normal? how do people act that is considered normal/weird?) |
| # of psychological approaches | six |
| biological approach | the assumption that behavior and mental process is formed from biological reasons (e.g. heredity) |
| evolutionary approach | the assumption behavior and mental processes are formed due to the evolutionary process of natural selection (similar to biological approach) |
| psychodynamic approach | the assumption that behavior and mental process reflect the constant (and mostly unconscious) psychological fighting ragging within each person of biological and humanistic thoughts |
| cognitive approach | the assumption that behavior and mental process is based off of how people take in information, how the store it, and how they use it |
| behavioral approach | the assumption that behavior is a result from what people learn |
| humanistic approach | the assumption that behavior and mental process is shaped by how a person perceives the world |
| who came up with structuralism | Wandt & Titchene |
| who came up with functionalism | james |
| who came up with psychoanalysis | freud |
| who came up with behavioralism | watson |
| what is biopsychosocial | the biological, psychological and social-culture influences |
| who believed mind and body are separate? | Socrates, Plato, and Descartes |
| who believed mind and body are connected? | Aristotle and Augustine |
| What are the subfields of psychology | biological; developmental; cognitive; personality; clinical, counseling, and community; social; industrial/organizational; educational and school; sport; forensic |
| biological psychology | study of biological factors that shape behavior and mental process |
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