Highschool Psych Unit 1

Mrs.Lawrence PHSN

Theory

idea about the nature of something or someone

Introspection

The process of looking into yourself and describing what you see

Psychology Definition

The scientific study of mental process and behavior

Eclecticism

Process of making your own system from borrowing others

Cognition

Mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thoughts and space

Research Psychology

Study of Origin, Cause or results of behaviors

Applied Psychology

Make direct use of finding of Research Psychologists

Psychoanalytic Approach

veiws the individual as the product of the unconscious

Behavioral Approach

Views behavior as the product of learning association

Sociocultural Approach

behavior is influenced by rules and expectation of social groups and cultures

Humanistic Approach

veiws people as good and capable of themselves

Bio-psychological Approach

views behaviors as influenced by psychological function

Carl rogers

to be self actualized and was a humanist

freud

worked with personality development and believed in the unconscious

B.F skinner

Famous and founding theory for behaviorism

William Wundt

Father of Psych and founded introspection

John Watson

worked with behaviorism and thought parenting the right way could eliminate psych issues