Psychology 1

Empiricism

Knowledge comes from experience

Nativism

Innate, Hardwired

Tripartite

mind, body, and soul are separate

Dualism

Mind and body are seperate

Monism

Mind and body are connected

Structuralism

Trying to make it as basic and objective as possible. Involves senses and feelings.

Systemic introspection

Tool used by structuralism where person describes in trained detail sound and taste. (what happens)

Functionalism

Function and purpose of mental behavior (why and how it happens)

Behaviorism

Observable behavior does not need to know what is going on in the mind. Nurture, we are a product of our behavior

psychoanalysis

Study the unconscious, we are a product of our environment, important stuff is deep deep down. Developed by sigmund freud.

Humanistic

people have free will, ability to choose, take responsibility and grow

Correlation

are two things related to each other

naturalistic observation

observing people in their natural environment, behavior may change due to many factors

Case-study

A study on one person or specific case, does it have good external validity

Surveys

asking people questions, random sampling, large sample for external validity

developmental psychology

physical, intellectual, social

Prenatal development

Germinal period, embryonic, and fetal period

teratogens

factors in the environment that can damage a developing baby

Longitudinal study

begins tracking a sample for a period of time

Cross-sectional study

study different groups of people at different stages

Assimilation

fitting your own experiences into the world

Accommodation

changing schemata to accommodate new experiences