Chapter 1

Psychoanlytic Theory

Focuses on the analyzation of the unconscious mind and it’s effects on your conscious behavior

Sigmund Freud

Most influential figure in psychology, believed in Psychoanalytic theory using things like dream analysis.

Biopsychology

Focuses on how the structures and functions of the nervous system generate behavior

Humanism

Emphasizes the potential for that huamsn have to achieve their highest goals, believes we all have potential to be out best selves.

Carl Rogers

An humainism advocate that developed client based therapy methods, beleived that therapist needs to be unconditionly positive.

Abraham Maslow

Humanist, Known for his break down of the human needs to achieve inner fulfilment.

Behaviorism

Focuses on observing and controlling behavior.

John B. Watson

Behaviorist, Believed that objective analyses of the mind was impossible, focused on the observation of physical behavior.

B.F. Skinner

Behaviorist, Focused on how behavior was effected by different consequences.

Operant Conditioning

The principle of changing behavior throught positive reinforcement and punishment.

Classical Conditioning

Taking an unconditioned stimuli and unconditioned response and incorporating another stimuli to the unconditioned response, creating a conditioned stimuli and response without the original unconditioned stimuli.

Ivan Pavlov

Behaviorist, Discovered the concept of classic conditioning.

Cognitive Psychology

Focuses on studying our thoughts and their relationship to our activities and experiences.

Social Psychology

Focuses on our interactions with others and how they can effect our behavior.

Evolutionary Theory

The study of psycology focused on gentic behaviors passed down through adaptation.

Jean Piaget

Cognitive, known for studying the thought process of children and the change of reason over time.