Psychology Chapter 1

Psychology is a social science because?

It uses methods like observation, hypothesis, testing, and experiments. It is known for complexity and variability of human behavior.

Disorders and treatments

Clinical psychology

Soul in Greek is

Psych

Social science Is

Psychology

Incentives behaviors and rewards

Behavioralism John B Watson

Body + mind + social life

Health psychology

Thinking/mind

Cognitive development, Jean piageant

Purpose

functionalism William James

Reward – punishment consequences – behavior

Operant conditioning BF Skinner

Needs basic needs and motivation

Hierarchy of needs Abraham Maslow

Child - adult past – present

Psychoanalytic theory, Sigmund Freud

Work – workspace ( industry.)

Industrial organization, psychology

Ask a question, background research, connect hypothesis, experiment, analyze data, draw conclusion, report results

Scientific method

Study of?

Ology

Body brain and behavior

How the brain, nervous system hormones and genetics influence, behavior, and mental processes.

Biological psychology

Growing age

adult – child

Developmental psychology

Social groups, public

Social psychology

Personality and differences from others

Personality psychology

Growth – potential – client centered therapy

Humanistic Carl Rogers

Structure mind thinking – early psychology lab – first psych lab

Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt