Psychology
1.Structuralism: full of introspection/self-reflection based on the five
senses. Failed because sometimes we don't know why we feel what we
do!- Titchener (Wundt's student)
2.Functionalism: focused on how our mental and behavioral processes
function, and how they help us survive. -William James
3.Behaviorism: study of observable behavior. Had to do with people's
reactions and behaviors instead of the feelings themselves.
4.Humanistic Psychology: Emphasized significance of current
environmental fac- tors as opposed to childhood. Anti-behaviorist
because behaviorism was too me- chanical.
5.Cognitive Neuroscience: study of brain activity linked with mental
activity
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, 6.Psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes
7.Nature-Nurture Issue: the controversy over the contributions of biology
and experience to an individual, their mental processes, and their
behaviors., the long- standing controversy over the relative
contributions that genes and experience make to the development of
psychological traits and behaviors
8.Natural Selection: nature selects the traits that let an organism
survive and reproduce. -Charles Darwin
9.Levels of Analysis: the differing complementary views, from
biological to psy- chological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given
phenomenon
10.Biopsychosocial Approach: considers influences of biological,
psychological, and social factors.
11.Basic Research: pure science that aims to increase the scientific
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