Approaches P2 Flashcards
WUNDT INTROSPECTION
First psychology lab
Open by Wundt, where he created a new scientific approach
- introduced structialism
- allowed studies to be done in controlled enviroment
- psychology devleoped as a science for the first time
evolution of psychology
17th - 19th century
- branch of philosophy, experimental philosophy
1879
- wundt open his first lab
1900s
- freud and his psych
1913
- wastson and skinner established the behavoirst approach and become sthe dominate feild in psych for 50 years
1950s
- rodgers and maslowe develop the humanist approach which rejects behavoirism and psychodynamic
1960s
- cognitve approach
- compute becomes a metaphore for human mind
1960s
- Badura SLT a mix of behavoirst and cognitve
1980s
- biological appraoch due to technological advances
21st century
- cogntive neuroscince
- link between cognitve and biological
Wundts work
Introspection
- recorded and broke down conscious thought into basic structure of thought, images and sensations
- under controlled conditions with the same stimulus and standardised
Introspection method
Wundt wanted to develop theories about mental processes so he recorded experiences of different stimuli. He put these into three categories: thoughts, images and sensations. The stimuli was always presented in the same order with the same instructions
THE BIOLOGICAL APPROACH
Biological approach summary
All behaviour ultimately has a physical basis and to understand behaviour we must look at biological structure and processes of the body
4 explanations for behaviour biological approach
• genetic basis of behaviour
• neurochemical basis of behaviour
• evolution
• genotype and phenotype
Different degrees of relations
Monozygotic twins
Dizygotic twins
There’s more
biological structure
An arrangement or organism of parts to form a organ, system or living thing
Genes
- make up chromosomes
- consist of DNA which
- codes physical features and psychological features
- Genes are inherited
- test for genetic influnce by using twin studies
neurochemistry of biological approach
Relating to chemical in the brain that regulates psychological functioning
idk maybe wrtie some expamles i feel like there is more to say
evolution
The changes in inherited characteristics in a biological population over successive generations
natural selection of genes based on survival value and reproduction success. It is known as “Survival of the Fittest”
Genotype
the particular set of genes someone has, actual genetic makeup
Phentoype
phenotype is how genes are expressed
THE COGNITIVE APPROACH
Cognitive approach
Believe internal mental process should be studied scientifically, study indirectly by making inference about behaviour, about our internal systems
Internal mental process
Private operations of the mind such as perception and attention that mediate between stimulus and response.
Schema
A mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing. They are developed from experience.
Inference
The process whereby cognitive psychologists draw conclusions about the way mental processes operate on the basis of observed behaviour.
Cogntive neuroscince
The scientific study of biological structures that underpin cognitive processes
- first studies by Broca who linked mental state to biological structure
- recent years use brain imaging devices
cognitve approach and computer models
BEHAVOIRIST APPROACH
Behaviourist approach assumptions
- only study observed and measurable behaviour
- all behaviour is learned from experiences
- animals have the same basic processes as humans so can replace them in studies
- use lab studies
Classical conditioning
Pavlov
Learned by association, two stimulus are repeatedly paired together
Operant conditioning
Behaviour is shaped and maintained by consequences (positive + negative reinforcement)