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Psychology 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Psychology? | Scientific study of mind, brain, & behavior. Therefore. It describes, explains, predicts, & it helps control mental processes. |
| Clinical psychologist | They have a PhD in psychology as well as helping people adjust to life w their psychological disorders |
| Counseling psychologist | Similar to clinical psychologists but their patients have adjustment problems & not serious psychological problems |
| Psychiatrist | Psychologist it can prescribe medicine, they went to medical school. |
| Structuralism | Aimed to break down the psychological experience into the most basic elements or “structures” |
| Behaviorism | Aimed to uncover the general laws of learning that explain all behavior by analyzing observable behavior |
| B.F. Skinner | Behaviorist, behave a certain way because of reinforcement |
| Gestalt | You have to look at the whole picture to understand |
| Gestaltism | It’s completely different because of environment |
| Psychodynamic | Focus on unconscious processes that we are unaware of. Sex & aggression. FREUD!!! |
| Freudian slip | Unconsciously says something |