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AP psych unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Founder of psychology, created first lab to study humans , study of conscious experience | Wilhem Wundt |
| Structuralism – breaking down, mind, what makes up brain, introspection – observing own thought process | Edward B. Titchener |
| Functionalism: function or purpose of consciousness, study of behavior, social, development, intelligent, etc. | William james |
| Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic: focusing on the unconscious mind | Sigmund Freud |
| Behaviorism: Only studying observable behavior, data needs to be verifiable, consciousness could not be scientifically studied | John watson(founder) , BF skinner |
| Field of research that focuses on peoples positive experiences, and characteristics, such as happiness, optimism, and resilience | Positive psychology |
| Psychologist to analyze a biological factors, influencing behavior, and mental processes | Biological psychologists |
| A, way of looking at human behavior that emphasizes research on how the brain takes an information , creates, perceptions, forms and retrieves memories, process, information, and generates integrated patterns of action | Cognitive |
| The practice of basing, ideas and theories on testing and experience. Psychologist gain knowledge about behavior and mental processes, their observations governed by the rules of science. | Empiricism |
| An approach to psychology that emphasizes the inherited, adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes | Evolutionary approach |
| An approach to psychology that views behavior is controlled by the decisions that people make about their lives based on their perceptions of the world, freedom, potential for personal personal growth | Humanism: Carl rogers, Abraham maslow |
| Suicidal factors, influencing behavior and mental processes – gender, ethnicity, social class, culture | Sociocultural |