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PSY100 Chapter 1

Terms from week 1

TermDefinition
Hub Science A science that overlaps into many other niche sciences and contributes to their findings
Voluntarism Approach that emphasizes the role of free will and choice in determining thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors.
Structuralism Approach where the mind is broken into the smallest elements of mental experience.
Introspection Personal observation of your own thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
Functionalism Approach that sees behavior as purposeful and contributing to survival (adaptive functions of behavior)
Behaviorism Approach that features the study and careful measurement of observable behaviors (not interested with internal affairs of the mind).
Biological Psychology The psychological perspective that focuses on the relationships between mind and behavior, as well as underlying biological processes (genetics, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology)
Evolutionary Psychology Psychological perspective that investigates how physical brain structure and behavior have been shaped by their contributions to survival and reproduction.
Cognitive Psychology Psychological perspective that investigates information processing, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving.
Developmental Psychology Psychological perspective that examines the normal changes in behavior that occur across the life span.
Social Psychology Psychological perspective that examines the effects of the social environment on the behavior of individuals.
Personality Psychology Psychological perspective that examines how personality develops and how it shapes thoughts and behaviors.
Clinical Psychology Psychological perspective that seeks to explain, define, and treat abnormal behaviors (medical, perscriptions).
Wilhelm Wundt Father of experimental psychology/structuralism (study of basic cognitive functions) and Voluntarism; studied reaction time and observable behaviors
Edward Titchener Father of Structuralism
John Watson and B.F Skinner Fathers of Behaviorism
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow Fathers of Humanism
Humanism Psychological perspective focused on the individual's inherent goodness and helping them become the best version of themselves
Multi-perspective approach Combining the different approaches to psychology to examine the same situation and get a full understanding
Five Perspectives Biological/evolutionary, cognitive, clinical, social/personality, developmental
Hermann von Helmholtz Experimented with nerve signaling to prove the mind had a physical basis
John Locke Empiricist; believed mind was a "blank slate" at birth
William James Father of functionalism; Wrote important text books
Psychology The study of behavior and mental processes
Gestalt psychology The study of the brain as a whole, not it's individual parts
Max Wertheimer Father of Gestalt psychology
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