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◉ Psychology Word Parts Answer: Psych: soul
ology: scientific study of
= Psychology: scientific study of mind and behavior
◉ What do Psychologists Study? Answer: Psychologists study
everything about the human experience from the basic workings of the
human brain to consciousness, memory, language, reasoning, personality
and mental health.
◉ Psychological Perspective: Structuralism Answer: understanding the
conscious experience through introspection
- Wilhelm Wundt
◉ Psychological Perspective: Functionalism Answer: focused on how
mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment
- William James
◉ Psychological Perspective: Psychoanalytic Theory Answer: focuses
on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior
- Sigmund Freud
, ◉ Psychological Perspective: Gestalt Psychology Answer: Focuses on
humans as a whole rather than individual parts
- Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohle
◉ Psychological Perspective: Behaviorism Answer: focuses on
observing and controlling behavior
- Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
◉ Psychological Perspective: Humanism Answer: emphasizes the
potential for good that is innate to all humans
- Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
◉ Wilhelm Wundt (Structuralism) Answer: - Credited as one of the
founders of psychology
- Created the first laboratory for psychological research
- Wundt emphasized structuralism
- He focused on understanding the structure and characteristics of the
mind through introspection
◉ Introspection Answer: Process by which someone examines their own
conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts
◉ William James (Functionalism) Answer: - William James was the first
American psychologist