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Psychology |
The svientific study if behavior and mental processes |
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Physiological processes |
Normal physical activities which take place in a living organism |
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Cognitive processes |
Involve conscious intellectual activity, ways of processing information |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess about some phenomenon; assumption/prediction tested through scientific research |
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Theory |
Set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study |
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Wilhelm Wundt |
Germany 1879, introspection, father if systematic study & contributed much to psychology |
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Structuralist |
A psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences |
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Functionalist |
Study how animals and people adapt to environments, the function rather than structure of consciousness |
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William James |
1842-1910, Father if psychology, The Principles of Psychology 1890, taught 1st psych class at Harvard in 1875 |
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Sir Francis Galton |
1822-1911, English mathematician and scientist, studied heredity and the passing if biological traits |
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Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, Kurt Koffka |
Wertheimer- 1880-1943, Köhler- 1887-1967, Koffka- 1886-1941; perception>sum of its parts- involves a "whole pattern"- Gestalt; forerunner for cognitive approaches |
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Psychoanalyst |
Psychologist who studies how conscious motoves and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts |
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Sigmund Frued |
1856-1939, primitive biological urges conflict with requirements of aociety and morality, dream analysis- free association |
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Behaviorist |
A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment |
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Ivan Pavlov |
1849-1936, meat powder experiment |
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Humanist |
Psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth |
Abraham Maslow, 1960s Carl Rogers, 1960s Rollo May, 1960s |
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Cognitivist |
Psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior |
Jean Diaget, 1950s Naom Chomsky, 1950s Leon Festinger, 1950s |
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Psychobiologist |
A psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior |
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Psychologist |
A scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals |
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Psychiatry |
A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders |
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Nature |
Born with the knowledge, biological |
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Nurture |
What you learn or are taught |
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