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Define psychology |
The scientific, integrated study of mind, brain, behavior and society |
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Descartes (time period, beliefs) |
1600s, believed the soul was seated in the brain but ultimately mind is separate frm the body - dualist (nature, not nurture) |
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Locke (time, belief) |
1600s, tabular rasa - believed the mind is a blank slate to be filled w life's experiences (nurture) |
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Wundt (time, belief) |
1879, "father of psychology": the mind can be studied objectively and scientifically |
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Structuralism |
Consciousness can be broken down into buildable pieces that combine to form experiences |
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Functionalism |
Thinking is an adaptation process, and behavior is inherited and based in what is most useful |
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Gestalt psychology |
Anti-structuralist, people seek patterns or "whole" sensory moments rather than pieces |
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Psychodynamic theory |
Mind motivated by sex drive, repressions, and trauma (****** Freud) |
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Behavioral psychology |
Anti-Freud; behavior is learned rather than unconscious Focused on observable behavior |
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A behaviorist, psychoanalyst, and humanist will each believe actions are based in....? |
Behaviorist: actions are learned response to stimuli Psychoanalyst: actions are influenced by the un/subconscious Humanist: actions are free-willed, more about self-actualization of your potential |
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Cognitive psychology |
Focused on how humans process, how thought translates to action |
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Evolutionary psychology |
Humans are "genetically pre-programmed"; fear & response to potential threats is evolutionarily developed |
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Different psychological analysis levels & areas |
Biological: Neural Genetic Evolutionary
Experiential: Learning Cognitive Social Cultural Developmental |
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Nature vs. nurture (early subscribers, define it, etc) |
Nature: Behavior is inherited Plato (character & intelligence are inherent) Descartes (ideas are innate) Nurture: Behavior is environmentally developed Aristotle (knowledge stems from observing the world) Locke (the mind is ready to be filled) |
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Dualism |
Mind is separate from body (Socrates & Plato, carried by Descartes) |
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Name some (at least five) intersections of psychology and other fields |
Neuroeconomics Social neuroscience Biological psychology Health psychology Cross-cultural psychology Political psychology |
