psychology (history & modern psychology)

psychology

scientific study of mind and behavior

empiricism

acquiring knowledge based on experience, data, observation (ex: car was swerving and crashed but what caused the swerving?)

wilhelm

first person to be referred to as a “psychologist” founder of experimental psychology; relied on components of consciousness (ex:reaction time)

edward

developed structuralism (wilhelms student)

william james

founder of functionalism (more interested in how whole mind operated rather than individual parts)

doctorate

what degree do psychologists need

5-7

doctorate degree is how many years

research variance

there is often more _ within the subdisciplines of psychology than across them

whole parts

Functionalism was more interested in the ___ rather than ___

structuralism

study of mind where thoughts are broken down and experiences to understand the whole experience (mental processes)

functionalism

psychology should focus on how mind and behavior are useful in world and how they have adapted to help reproduce

freud

established psychoanalysis

psychoanalysis

how unconscious thoughts,hidden feelings, and childhood experiences shape persons behavior and emotions

gestalt

what type of psychology: whole patterns, instead of bunch of separate parts

behaviorism

focuses on observable behaviors, not thoughts/feelings

john

who established behaviorism as a school of thought

skinner

The operant conditioning chamber (aka ________ box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.

humanism

all people are capable of good (interview based)

humanism

what were maslow and rogers major proponents of?

cognitive revolution

shift in psych where scientists focused on how mind works like thinking,memory,language,problem solving etc (sparked by develop. of computers) (memory recall,reaction time)

cross cultural

what type of psychology: culture influences thoughts/feelings/behaviors to see whats universal (WEIRD)

bachelors

what degree do you need to do psych-social work and psych-computer science?

masters

what degree do you need to become therapist/counselor

I-O

A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.