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Psychology
The scientific study of the mind & behavior
Psychoanalytic Perspective
This viewpoint focuses on the unconscious mind such as its feelings and desires
Unconscious mind
The memories, feelings, and drives that are not within our awareness or conscious mind
Sigmund Freud
An australian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic perspective
Physical illness
Freud believes that psychological illness is different from what?
Talking therapy
What did Freud think could cure psychological illness?
Childhood experiences
Freud has two beliefs. In one of his beliefs, he believes this influences personality and behavior:
Unconscious feelings & desires
Freud has two beliefs. In one of his beliefs, he believes we are primarily driven by what?
His beliefs were unscientific and erotic
Why did critics attack Freud’s ideas?
Outside a university setting
Where did the first psychoanalytic approach take place?
Focused on the cause, dev., and treatment of disorders; Emphasized the unconscious mind
What did the first psychoanalytic focus and emphasize on?
The Behaviorism Perspective
This viewpoint believed Psychology should focus on what is being measured
Watson
Who conducted the Little Albert experiment?
The Behaviorism Perspective
This perspective WENT AGAINST Freud’s beliefs
Scientific study of observable behavior that is measurable
The behaviorism perspective redefined psychology as what?
learned
The behaviorism perspective believes behavior is _________________________
Learned and modified in one’s life
The behaviorism perspective focuses on how behaviors are:
Behavior
Observable responses or activities coming from an organism of life
The Psychodynamic Approach
This viewpoint is known as the modernized version of the psychoanalytic perspective
The Humanism Perspective
This viewpoint is positive and focuses on other’s potentials and their determination to be the best
The Humanism Perspective
This viewpoint addresses flaws in the psychoanalytic approach and the behaviorist perspective
Positive traits, growth capacity for potential, and freedom to choose destiny
The humanism perspective emphasizes:
Self-Actualization
The idea of realizing one is capable for potential and fulfilling that potential
The Cognitive Perspective
This viewpoint studies how thinking and perception influence behavior
Memories, perceptions, images, and thinking
The cognitive perspective believes one’s mental processes are in control of behavior through:
Cognition
To think and process behavior
The Biological Perspective
This viewpoint focuses on how genetics, the nervous system, hormones, and brain structures influence a person’s thinking and behavior
Neuroscience
The study of the brain and nervous system
biological, human thought, behavior
The biological perspective is concerned with the ______ causes of _____ and _____
may improve psychological conditions
The biological perspective looks at how biological treatments…
The Evolutionary Perspective
This viewpoint emphasizes how evolution influences thinking and behavior
Charles Darwin
This person created the evolutionary perspective
To find aspects that help us and our genes survive over time
Why does the evolutionary perspective look at human thoughts and behaviors?
Humans as a species/whole
The evolutionary perspective focuses on:
The Sociocultural Perspective
This viewpoint emphasizes the impact of peoples’ identities on another person’s thinking/behavior (ex. religion, culture, ethnicity, gender, sexuality)
across countries, in ethnic/cultural groups
The sociocultural perspective compares behavior ______ and _____
Clinical Psychologist
A psychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
Clinical Psychologist
This type of psychologist provides counseling or therapy
Clinical Psychologist
This type of psychologist works in hospitals, clinics, rehabs, and private practices
Positive Psychology
The scientific study of human flourishing
Positive Psychology
The goal of this type of psych is to discover + promote the strengths & virtues that help people and groups thrive
Positive Psychology
This type of psych focuses on both individual and societal well-being
APA
An acronym for the American Psychological Association
APA
The leading scientific and professional organization representing psych in the US
Developmental Psychology
The study of how people change and develop over their lifespan
Social Psychology
The study of how we influence, relate to, and think about other people
Educational Psychology
The study of researching how people learn and remember information
Educational Psychology
This type of psych helps develop more effective curriculum, testing procedures, classroom structures, etc.
does not
Educational Psychology ____ focus on individual students like a school psychologist
Health Psychology
The study of examining how biological, social, and psychological factors influence health and illness
Health Psychology
This type of psych designs conducts, or evaluates programs that help people live healthier lives
Biopsychosocial Model
This emphasizes that biological, psychological, and social forces all influence behavior
Biopsychosocial Model
This approach best helps us understand human thought and behavior and conquer nature v. nurture
Forensic Psychology
The study of applying psych methods to provide assessments, counsel victims and criminals, conduct research on human and criminal behavior, develop screening and assessment tools, teach, and provide consultations to courts and law enforcement agencies within the legal system.
Experimental Psychologist
The study of using experiments to study human thought and behavior
Applied Research
The research that is undertaken to solve a particular problem, not just to learn something new
Cognitive Neuroscientist
The study of the biological processes that enable cognition
Brain Structures & Neural networks
Cognitive Neuroscientists focus on what parts of the nervous system?
Cognitive Psychology
The study of the mental processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communication
Human factors/Engineering Psychology
The study of the interplay between humans & technology/machines
Human factors/Engineering Psychology
This type of psych focuses on improving technology and equipment to work better with human behavior/capabilities
Psychiatrist
A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses
Psychiatrist
A person with this job prescribes medicatications
Counseling Psychology
The study of assisting people with personal problems such as school, work, or relationships
Counseling Psychology
This type of psych provides counseling/therapy and commonly works in private practices or clinics
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
The study of using psychological training in the workplace
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
This type of psych helps companies select and train employees, boost morale and productivity, and design
products, and implement systems.
Psychometrics
The focus on the measurement, assessment, and models used to study and observe human thoughts / behavior
Research studies & clinical settings
Where is psychometrics used?
Personality Psychology
The study of people’s characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting
Empiricism
The idea that knowledge comes from experience and that experience allows us to gain knowledge
Observation & experimentation
What does empiricism consider as experience?
Empirical research
Modern psychology relies on what type of research?
Philosophy
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge and reality.
Psych derives from philo
How are psychology and philosophy related?
Physiology
The branch of biology that studies the way a living organism’s body functions.
Psych & logos
What two Greek words does psychology come from?
Psych- root
This means “the soul”
Logos- root
This means “study of a subject”
Wilhem Wundt
The founder of psychology who established the first lab and published the first journal
Structuralism
The idea of psych being based on the relationship of analysis of the consciousness and its elements
Edward Tichener
The developer of structuralism
Introspection
The observation of one’s own conscious (mental and emotional) processess
Functionalism
The belief that psych should investigation the function and purpose of consciousness
William Janes
The founder of functionalism
Darwin’s theory of natural selection
Functionalism was influenced by what?
Behaviorism
A theoretical study based on the idea that scientists should solely study behavior
John B. Watson
The founder of behaviorism
Verifiability
The power for a concept to be verified
Nature v. nurture
The debate between whether behavior is inherited or experienced
B.F Skinner
A Harvard psychologist who experimented on the concept of classical conditioning
B.F Skinner
Who believed this: Organisms will likely repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes instead of negative or neutral ones
Humanism
The emphasis of the unique positive qualities of humans
Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow
Prominent figures in the humanistic movement
Roger Sperry
A nobel prize winner who was credited for showing both halves of the brain handle different tasks
Martin Seligman
Elected president for the APA who advocated for the positive psych movement
G. Stanely Hill
Founder of the APA, who started in 1892 with 31 members
Theory
A jumble of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations
No
Is there a single theory that can explain behavior?
Culture
Widely shared custom beliefs, values, and other community products that are socially transmitted across generations
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