Ch 1 Evolution of Psychology Flashcards
Why is Stanley g. hall noteworthy in the history psych?
He established the American psychological association and was the first president of it
What is Wilhelm Wundt known for?
The establishment of the first formal lab for research in psychology
What approach of psych can be compared to examining a movie frame by frame rather than viewing it as a moving image?
structuralism
A tennis coach insists that he can make any reasonable healthy individual into an internationally competitive tennis player. the coach’s perspective echoes he statements of which psychologist?
Watson
a young man forgets to pick up his mother at the airport. Which approach would suggest that his forgetfullness is an unconscious way of saying that he does not welcome her visit?
Psychoanalytic
what does B.F Skinner believe in?
Free will is an illusion!
What type of psychologist would be most likely to look after someone who needs help with their endocrine system and their genetic mechanisms?
physiological psychologist
what two types of psych perspectives hold similar viewpoints?
functionalism and evolutionary psychology
what is the theoretical perspective of positive psychology?
humans have a great capacity for achievement and happiness. research in psychology can help us understand and reach those positive states
If you wanted to become a psychiatrist.. what tyoe of degree would be required?
M.D
In which area of psychology did Canadian psychologist Donald Hebb conduct research?
Neuro psychology
what are the 7 major research areas in psychology?
developmental social experimental physiological cognitive personality psychometrics
what are the four professional specialities in psychology?
clinical
counselling
educational
industrial
what did Wilhelm Wundt focus on?
consciousness
what is structuralism?
to study psych in terms of consciousness into elements and investigate how they’re related
what is functionalism?
to study psych based on the belief that psych should investigate the function of consciousness
What is behaviourism based on?
the idea that psych should only study observable behaviour