Psy 1010

Quiz flashcards

What is Psychology?

The scientific study of the mind, thought process, and behavior

5 types of study

Correlation- does not show cause

Experimental- shows cause

Observational- watching

Case studies- forbidden ethics

Meta analysis- research based

Starting module 1

Psy and its history

stems from philosphy. Wants answers to why we think, feel, & act as we do.

The scientific attitude

Curiosity- Is this true can it be confirmed

skepticism- what do you mean? how do you know

Humility- humble willing to be wrong

Critical thinking

ask questions, open to being wrong, rely on EVIDENCE, credible source. Don’t just accept an answer ask questions.

Who are Socrates & Plato

philosophers who believed our minds and bodies work separatly and that our mind lives beyond our body and we are born with knowledge

Who is Aristotle

A philosopher who disagreed with s&p and thought we learn knowledge through life and experience.

John Locke and empiricism

Philosopher that believed knowledge comes from experience. Observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge.

Wilhelm Wundt

German philosopher who opened the first Psy lab measuring the atoms of the mind.

Ed titchner and structuralism

Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind. he first historical school of thought that sought to break down conscious experience into its basic elements such as sensations, feelings, and images to understand the structure of the mind

Wlliam James and functionalism

Early school on How mental and behavior processes function and how they enable the organism to adapt, survive and flourish.

first women in Psy

Mary Calkins- finished everything for a PhD and was denied a PhD.

Market Washburn- was the first woman to ACTUALLY earn a PhD.

Behaviorism

J.B Watson and B.F skinner believed that behaviors she be observed not feelings.

Sigmund Freud

He wondered how our unconcious mind and child hood experiences affect our behavior. (Freudian/psychoanalytic)

Humanistic psy

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow a perspective that focuses on the whole person, individual free will, and each person's innate drive for personal growth and self-actualization