CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Psychology Definition - ANSWERS✔-The scientific study of behavior
and the mind.
\.What makes psych. scientific? - ANSWERS✔-Theories, hypotheses, experiments,
replication
\.What is the mind? - ANSWERS✔-Thoughts, feelings, beliefs, etc.
\.What is a behavior? - ANSWERS✔-Overt actions that can be observed and
recorded
\.Wilhelm Wundt, 1879, Germany - ANSWERS✔-First lab dedicated to study of
psychology
- Structuralism -the basic structures of the
mind
\.William James, 1879, U.S. - ANSWERS✔-First psych lab in U.S.
- Functionalism - functions of the mind; it's
, purpose
\.Psychodynamic (or Psychoanalytic) Theory - ANSWERS✔-- Freud
• Unconscious thoughts
• Childhood experiences
• Theory of Personality development
- Today used primarily in therapy applications
\.Behaviorism (Behavioral Theory) - ANSWERS✔-Watson, Skinner, Pavlov
- Only study what is directly observable
• Rules out unconscious, thoughts, feelings
- Learning - how we learn various behaviors
- Used in research as well as therapy
- Dominant theory for almost 40 years
\.Cognitive Theory - ANSWERS✔-Piaget, Tajfel, many others
- Thought processes, memory, problem solving
- Computer as analogy for the mind
- Dominant perspective today
- Used in research and in therapy
\.Humanistic Theory - ANSWERS✔-Maslow, Rogers
- Human potential