1-3 Flashcards
Biopsychosocial approach
Biological, psychological and social factors play a significant role in human functioning
Clinical psychology
Diagnosing and treating mental disorders
Cognitive approach
How we think, processes that affect the way we behave
Evolutionary psychology
How mental and psychological traits are the products of natural selection
Freud
Austrian, father of psychoanalysis
Functionalism
A theory about the nature of mental states
Gestalt psychology
The laws of our ability to aquire and maintain meaningful perceptions
Hall
Focused on child development and evolutionary theory. 1st president of American psychological association
Humanistic approach
Freuds theory. Triangle of needs. Emphasizes the study of the whole person
Industrial organization
Scientific study of human behavior in the workplace and apply psychological theories and principles to organizations
Introspection
The examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes
Maslow
Created hierarchy of needs
Pavlov
Russian physiologist that developed the first experiment model
Behavioral approach
The observable and measurable aspects of human behavior
Piaget psychology
Theory of cognitive development
Plato
Same as Aristotle all intertwined with philosophy of the mind, reasoning
Psychiatrist
A medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
Psycho analytic psychodynamic
Psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind
Psychology
The study of how the human mind works
Rogers
Dedicated himself to humanistic psychology and is known for his theory of personality development
Skinner
Did research on operant. one of the leaders of behaviorism
Sociocultural approach
Used to describe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically by their surrounding social and cultural factors
Socrates
Greek, “mind is separate from Body”
Structuralism
The theory the elements of human culture must be understood in terms of their relationship to a larger, overreaching system or structure
Titchner
Introduced structuralism
Types of psychologists
Experimental, humanistic, just salt, counseling, community, clinical, sport, school, Rick rehabilitation, industrial organize a shin, health, forensic, developmental, educational, experimental, psychrometric and quantitative, social
Watson
Behavioris learned by influence
Stab list school of behaviorism
Wundt
A physician psychologist philosopher and Professor known for being one of the founding figures of modern psychology
