Psych Quiz 8/20

What is psychology?

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Behavior is what

outward, overt

mental processes are what?

covert, inward

Who is the father of psychology (german)

Wundt

what all did Wundt do?

built the first psychology laboratory

came up with the term “objective introspective”

what is objective introspective

break down the thoughts/facts in your mind. it means to look within yourself and your mind

What did Titchner do? (‘murica)

created the term “structuralism”/renamed the term “objective introspective.” means the parts/build up of the brain

Who was margaret washburn

first female to receive Ph. D in psychology

What did James do

-functionalism

studied how the mind functions→ how does james function? studied how the mind allows people to adapt, live, survive, work, etc.

who was denied their Ph. D due to different school policies for women

Calkins

what did wertheimer do?

came up with Gestalt psychology→ WHOLE is greater than the sum of its parts

What is Psychoanalysis and who created it?

Sigmund Freud→ get to the root of the problem→ helps to uncover the unconscious behaviors

FREUD: what does the abbreviation mean

F- five

R- repression/pushback

E- sEx

U- unconscious mind/ not aware

D- chilDhood

what does repression mean

push threatening urges and desires

what is behaviorism

“Leaned” through our environment and things around/ conditioning to adapt to something

what did Watson do?

coined the term “phobia” which is an irrational fear
little albert and the white rabbit experiment.

observable behavior

wanted to focus on things he could see

who is cover jones and what did he do

believed behaviors could be unlearned and came up with counterconditioning methods to help pair “scary” things with something more comforting

Seven modern perspectives

-Psychodynamic

-Behavioral

-Humanistic

-Cognitive

-Sociocultural

-biopsychological

-evolutionary

what does psychodynamic mean?

created by freud, means development of self

what does behavioral mean

skinner coined this term “operant conditioning”

behaviors can be learn with rewards or punishment

will lead to either a decrease or increase in said behavior

what does humanistic mean?

the 3rd force

believes people are influenced by their free will, choice, self actualization, growth.

what does self actualization mean?

achieving one’s full potential or actual self

what does cognitive mean

memory or thinking, intelligence, perception, language, thought process/problem solving

thinking can affect your behavior

what does sociopsychological mean

relationship between social behavior and culture

study groups and cultural norms

relationships, social→ Socio

roots, traditions, ethnicity, background, norms→cultural

what does biopsychological mean

if it affects your body, it affects your mind.

what goes on inside of the body.

what does evolutionary mean

how the person adapts or survives-Darwim

professions in psychology/areas of specialization

psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychiatric social workers

level of school to be considered a psychologist

masters, not just a bachelor

4 goals in psychology/behaviors

-description/describe (what)’s happening

-explanation/ explain (why) it’s happening

-prediction/ predict (when) this will stop or happen again

-Control/ (how) can it be changed

what are psychiatric social workers

has training in therapy

focus on environmental conditions

environment impacts mental capacity

what are correlations between positive and negative relationships

positive: increase is matched with increase

negative: increase is matched with decrease

what can’t correlations do

can’t be used to prove cause and effect relationships