PSYC 2301- Chapter 1,2,3,4,5
Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
How is psychology different from psychiatry?
Prescriptive privileges
Applied specializations of Psychology
1. Clinical
2. Counseling
3. Industrial/Organizational
4. Community
5. Forensic
6. Educational
7. Neuroscience/Biology
8. Developmental
9. Social/Personality
10. Cognitive
Basic Research Specializations
1. Developmental
2. Personality
3. Physiological 4. Social
5. Health
6. Comparative
2 types of diversity in the field of psychology
1. Geographic
2. Cultural/Racial
Who were Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark?
Husband and wife team who made significant contributions to the history of psychology- Provided research and expert testimony played key role in Brown Vs. Board (separate public schools for black and white students)
Who was Robert L. Williams?
1. Founded the Association of Black Psychologists
2. Pioneered the study of ebonics
3. Developed the Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity (BITCH)
Who was Christine Ladd-Franklin?
AMONG the first women to complete a psychology PhD
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
First woman to be named president of the American Psychological Association Margaret Floy Washburn
The FIRST woman to earn a PhD in psychology
Origins in the field of Psychology
1. Philosophy
2. Physiology
Old-School Psychology (5)
1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Psychoanalysis
4. Behaviorism
5. Humanism
Behaviorism
1. Focus on observable behavior over mental processes
2. A challenge to psychoanalysis
3. Uses rewards + punishments; chooses nurture over nature.
Studied by Watson, Skinner, and Pavlov.
Humanism
1. A positive view of the human experience
2. Carl Rogers- Self-actualization and conditions of worth
Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
How is psychology different from psychiatry?
Prescriptive privileges
Applied specializations of Psychology
1. Clinical
2. Counseling
3. Industrial/Organizational
4. Community
5. Forensic
6. Educational
7. Neuroscience/Biology
8. Developmental
9. Social/Personality
10. Cognitive
Basic Research Specializations
1. Developmental
2. Personality
3. Physiological 4. Social
5. Health
6. Comparative
2 types of diversity in the field of psychology
1. Geographic
2. Cultural/Racial
Who were Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark?
Husband and wife team who made significant contributions to the history of psychology- Provided research and expert testimony played key role in Brown Vs. Board (separate public schools for black and white students)
Who was Robert L. Williams?
1. Founded the Association of Black Psychologists
2. Pioneered the study of ebonics
3. Developed the Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity (BITCH)
Who was Christine Ladd-Franklin?
AMONG the first women to complete a psychology PhD
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
First woman to be named president of the American Psychological Association Margaret Floy Washburn
The FIRST woman to earn a PhD in psychology
Origins in the field of Psychology
1. Philosophy
2. Physiology
Old-School Psychology (5)
1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Psychoanalysis
4. Behaviorism
5. Humanism
Behaviorism
1. Focus on observable behavior over mental processes
2. A challenge to psychoanalysis
3. Uses rewards + punishments; chooses nurture over nature.
Studied by Watson, Skinner, and Pavlov.
Humanism
1. A positive view of the human experience
2. Carl Rogers- Self-actualization and conditions of worth
