LSU PSYC 2000 Final Knapp Exam
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Psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Behavior - ✔✔anything an organism does
Mental processes - ✔✔internal, personal experiences we infer from behavior
critical thinking - ✔✔thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions.
Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and
assesses conclusions.
curiosity - ✔✔enthusiasm/ willingness to question/ explore
skepticism - ✔✔the idea that nothing can ever be known for certain
humility - ✔✔have to accept we could be wrong
Wundt and Titchener - ✔✔founders of psychology
1879 - ✔✔establishment of 1st psychological lab in Germany
Wundt - ✔✔Structuralism
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,Structuralism - ✔✔tried to explain the structure of thought
Titchener - ✔✔Introspection
Introspection - ✔✔A method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings
Criticisms of Structualism - ✔✔too subjective, too concerned with internal behavior
functionalism - ✔✔focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its
environment
Psychoanalytic (freudian) psychology - ✔✔the study of the effects of subconscious
feelings and early childhood experiences on behavior
-emphasis on sexual and violent impulses
Gestalt Psychology - ✔✔the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler - ✔✔founders of Gestalt psychology
and introduced it to the US
Behaviorism - ✔✔approach of observing and controlling behavior
Maslow and Rogers - ✔✔humanistic psychology
humanistic psychology - ✔✔focused on individual potential, growth, and need for love
and acceptance
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, -humans are basically good and will grow if given the chance
Cognitive revolution - ✔✔A shift in psychology, beginning in the 1950s, from the
behaviorist approach to an approach in which the main thrust was to explain behavior
in terms of the mind. One of the outcomes of the cognitive revolution was the
introduction of the information-processing approach to studying the mind.
Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔The study of how people think, learn, and remember.
-similar to structuralism
cognitive neuroscience - ✔✔study of brain activity linked with cognition
culture - ✔✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
biological psychologists - ✔✔explores how our biology influences our behavior
evolutionary psychology - ✔✔the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind,
using principles of natural selection
natural selection - ✔✔a behavior must have a specific genetic cause
Deveolpmental Psychology - ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies physical,
cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
personality psychology - ✔✔focuses on patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make
individuals unique
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Behavior - ✔✔anything an organism does
Mental processes - ✔✔internal, personal experiences we infer from behavior
critical thinking - ✔✔thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions.
Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and
assesses conclusions.
curiosity - ✔✔enthusiasm/ willingness to question/ explore
skepticism - ✔✔the idea that nothing can ever be known for certain
humility - ✔✔have to accept we could be wrong
Wundt and Titchener - ✔✔founders of psychology
1879 - ✔✔establishment of 1st psychological lab in Germany
Wundt - ✔✔Structuralism
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,Structuralism - ✔✔tried to explain the structure of thought
Titchener - ✔✔Introspection
Introspection - ✔✔A method of self-observation in which participants report their
thoughts and feelings
Criticisms of Structualism - ✔✔too subjective, too concerned with internal behavior
functionalism - ✔✔focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its
environment
Psychoanalytic (freudian) psychology - ✔✔the study of the effects of subconscious
feelings and early childhood experiences on behavior
-emphasis on sexual and violent impulses
Gestalt Psychology - ✔✔the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler - ✔✔founders of Gestalt psychology
and introduced it to the US
Behaviorism - ✔✔approach of observing and controlling behavior
Maslow and Rogers - ✔✔humanistic psychology
humanistic psychology - ✔✔focused on individual potential, growth, and need for love
and acceptance
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, -humans are basically good and will grow if given the chance
Cognitive revolution - ✔✔A shift in psychology, beginning in the 1950s, from the
behaviorist approach to an approach in which the main thrust was to explain behavior
in terms of the mind. One of the outcomes of the cognitive revolution was the
introduction of the information-processing approach to studying the mind.
Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔The study of how people think, learn, and remember.
-similar to structuralism
cognitive neuroscience - ✔✔study of brain activity linked with cognition
culture - ✔✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
biological psychologists - ✔✔explores how our biology influences our behavior
evolutionary psychology - ✔✔the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind,
using principles of natural selection
natural selection - ✔✔a behavior must have a specific genetic cause
Deveolpmental Psychology - ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies physical,
cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
personality psychology - ✔✔focuses on patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make
individuals unique
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