Psychology 1010 exam 1 chapters 1-3 |
Complete Q’s and A’s
Psychology - -the scientific study of thought and behavior
- Wilhelm Wundt - -opened the first psychology laboratory in Germany, 1879
examined in detail the relationship between physiology and psychology
- Francis Galton - -did not indetify as a psycologist
cousin of Charles Darwin
interest in individual differences, giftedness, and the influence of heredity
pioneering statistician
championed the eugenics movement
- Edward Titchener - -student of Wundt
structuralism
- William Jame - -American. associated with Harvard.
Started from medicine
Functionalism
focus on adaptation and continuous flow of thoughts
wrote Principals of Psychology
- G. Stanley Hall - -american.
Student of James
Founded the American Psychological Association and served as its first
president
found the first US psychology journal
- Sigmund Freud - -Austrian
originally a medical doctor
psychoanalysis
- John B. Watston - -American.
behaviorism
rejected study of consciouness
strong environmental slant, we are a blank slate
- Jean Piaget - -swiss. observed and documented stages of cognitive
development
- Carl Rogers (1), Abraham Maslow(2), and Martin Seligman(3) - -humanists
1- emphasis on self- concept
2- self actualization
3- study of happiness
, belief that people have an inherent drive toward positive growth
1- client-centered therapy
2- Hierarchy of needs
3- "positive Psychology"
- structuralism - -break down conscious experience into its most elemental
structures of sensations and perceptions using the introspective method
- Functionalism - -believe that psychology should study the function of
behavior and thought rather the elements of consciousness
- behaviorism - -scientific psychology should study only observable behavior
- behavioral persepective - -learning, behavior modification, conditioning,
effects of reinforcement and punishment
- psychodynamic perspective - -talking therapies, impacts of the
unconscious, defense mechanisms, and effects of early childhood
experiences
- humanistic/positive perspective - -talking therapies, people as rational
beings, and emphasis on positive adjustment and growth
- cognitive perspective - -information processing, memory, brain research,
learning disabilities, and alternate states of consciousness
- biological perspective - -physiological impacts on thinking, feeling, and
behavior, along with genetic effects (nature vs. Nurture)
- evolutionary perspective - -adaptive value of behaviors, along with
vestiges of behavioral patterns developed and passed on from our ancestors.
- empirical - -knowledge acquired through systemati obervastion research
and statistical analysis
- psychiatry - -M.D.
medications
- clinical psychology - -PHD
hospitals
- counseling psychology - -counseling, masters or doctrinal degree, therapy
- educational/school psychology - -counseling students
- Observe-- consider causation issues
Complete Q’s and A’s
Psychology - -the scientific study of thought and behavior
- Wilhelm Wundt - -opened the first psychology laboratory in Germany, 1879
examined in detail the relationship between physiology and psychology
- Francis Galton - -did not indetify as a psycologist
cousin of Charles Darwin
interest in individual differences, giftedness, and the influence of heredity
pioneering statistician
championed the eugenics movement
- Edward Titchener - -student of Wundt
structuralism
- William Jame - -American. associated with Harvard.
Started from medicine
Functionalism
focus on adaptation and continuous flow of thoughts
wrote Principals of Psychology
- G. Stanley Hall - -american.
Student of James
Founded the American Psychological Association and served as its first
president
found the first US psychology journal
- Sigmund Freud - -Austrian
originally a medical doctor
psychoanalysis
- John B. Watston - -American.
behaviorism
rejected study of consciouness
strong environmental slant, we are a blank slate
- Jean Piaget - -swiss. observed and documented stages of cognitive
development
- Carl Rogers (1), Abraham Maslow(2), and Martin Seligman(3) - -humanists
1- emphasis on self- concept
2- self actualization
3- study of happiness
, belief that people have an inherent drive toward positive growth
1- client-centered therapy
2- Hierarchy of needs
3- "positive Psychology"
- structuralism - -break down conscious experience into its most elemental
structures of sensations and perceptions using the introspective method
- Functionalism - -believe that psychology should study the function of
behavior and thought rather the elements of consciousness
- behaviorism - -scientific psychology should study only observable behavior
- behavioral persepective - -learning, behavior modification, conditioning,
effects of reinforcement and punishment
- psychodynamic perspective - -talking therapies, impacts of the
unconscious, defense mechanisms, and effects of early childhood
experiences
- humanistic/positive perspective - -talking therapies, people as rational
beings, and emphasis on positive adjustment and growth
- cognitive perspective - -information processing, memory, brain research,
learning disabilities, and alternate states of consciousness
- biological perspective - -physiological impacts on thinking, feeling, and
behavior, along with genetic effects (nature vs. Nurture)
- evolutionary perspective - -adaptive value of behaviors, along with
vestiges of behavioral patterns developed and passed on from our ancestors.
- empirical - -knowledge acquired through systemati obervastion research
and statistical analysis
- psychiatry - -M.D.
medications
- clinical psychology - -PHD
hospitals
- counseling psychology - -counseling, masters or doctrinal degree, therapy
- educational/school psychology - -counseling students
- Observe-- consider causation issues
