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CH1

psychology -

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study of behavior and mental processes

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“empirical approach”

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objective study conducted via careful observations and research (Hans horse)

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pseudopsychology

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phony, unscientific psychology pretending to be real thug (horoscopes, advertisements)

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CH1

3 main branches of psychology

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1) experimental (research)
2) teachers
3) applied (64% doctors)

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psychology vs psychiatry

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1) psychology: broader field, doctoral degrees in research

2) psychiatry: specific field, doctoral degrees in medicine

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structuralism

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  • William Wundt
  • most basic structures of mind
  • ”elements of conscious”
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introspection (Wundt)
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reporting ones own conscious mental experiences (bear is brown)

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functionalism

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  • William James

* mental process was continually flowing and changing with environment

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gestalt psychology

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  • opposite of structuralism

* ”perceptual wholes”

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
1) biological

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searches for causes of behavior in functioning genes

neuroscience

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
2) developmental

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changes occur across a lifespan (child development, learning language, etc)

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
3) cognitive

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emphasizes mental processes like learning, memory as forms of information processing
(cognitive neuroscience)

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
4) psychodynamic

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motivated by irrational and unconscious motives

psychoanalysis - freud

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
5) humanistic

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actions are hugely influenced by self-concept and personal growth

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
6) behavioral

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environment affects actions more than mental processes

rewards/punishments

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
7) sociocultural

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importance of social interaction & cultural perspective

same environment, diff languages

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
8) evolutionary

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behavior has developed/adapted over time by natural selection

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CH1
main perspectives of modern psych:
9) trait

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results in behavior and personality

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CH1

who is father of modern psychology

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william james (functionalism - continuity)

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dorothea dix

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advocate for mentally ill (established first mental ill hospitals)

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mary calkins

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first female president of APA

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margaret washburn

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first woman with PhD in psychology

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CH10

personality -

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unique and relatively consistent or stable patterns of thinking feeling and acting

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CH10
Freud
psychoanalytic theory -

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Freud’s explanation of personality/mental disorder

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CH10
Freud
1) eros
2) libido
3) thanatos
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1) sex drive
2) energy behind sex drive
3) destructive instinct

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CH10
Freud
model of mind:

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1) ego: conscious, compromises ID impulses and superego’s morals
2) superego: “police force” in charge of morals
3) ID: unconscious, instinctive desires and motives

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CH10
Freud
child hood experiences

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childhood experiences have strongest impact on personality formation/behavior

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CH10
Freud
psychosexual stages (5)

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1) oral
2) anal
3) phallic (immature masturbation)
4) latency (quiet period)
5) genital (mature sexual relationships)

29
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CH10
Freud
1) oedipus complex
2) penis envy

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1) boys feel erotic attraction towards mothers

2) girls attracted to males bc don’t have penis

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CH10
Freud
fixation

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arrested psychological development (oral at wrong age)

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CH10
Freud
ego defense mechanisms 
1) repression
2) denial
3) rationalization
4) reaction formation 
5) displacement 
6) regression
7) sublimation 
8) projection
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1) repression - puts anxieties into unconscious
2) denial - denying situation exists
3) rationalization - socially acceptable reasons for bad behavior (“everyone does it”)
4) reaction formation - acting in opposition to feelings
5) displacement - shifting anger to another object (person)
6) regression - adopting juvenile behaviors
7) sublimation - aggressive desires in aceleres cultural ways (sports)
8) projection - blame other people or objects when upset

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CH10
Freud
projective tests

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personality assessment instruments using ambiguous images

33
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CH10
Freud
RIT

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projective test requiring ppl to describe what image they see

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CH10
Freud
TAT

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projective test requiring ppl to generate story from image

35
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CH10
Jung
differences and similarities to freud

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diff: spirituality was better than sexuality
same: collective unconscious = ID

36
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CH10
Jung
personal/collective unconscious

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unconscious containing instinctive memories & archetypes in all ppl

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CH10
Jung
archetypes

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collective memories forming ancient images

shadow - destructive tendencies we don’t want to acknowledge

38
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CH10
Jung
mental disorders

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failure to acknowledge archetypes

39
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CH10
Jung
personality types (2)

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extroverts and introverts

40
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CH10
Horney (psychodynamic)
1) basic anxiety
2) neurotic needs

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1) sense of uncertainty in hostile world (leads to mental disorder)
2) signs of unhealthy development

41
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CH10
Horney
3 attitudes with basic anxiety:

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1) towards others (clingy)
2) against others (competitive)
3) away from others (protect themselves from rejection)

42
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CH10
Alder
1) inferiority complex
2) compensation

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1) unconscious, feeling inferior, roots in childhood (told ur dumb)
2) making up for ones unreal deficiencies (above)

43
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CH10
Allport
3 types of traits:

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1) central (basis of ones personality : happy, sad)
2) secondary (attitudes, opinions)
3) cardinal (rare : greed, perversion)

44
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CH10
Maslow
believed in _____ view

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humanistic !!

45
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CH10
Maslow
self-actualizing personalities

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healthy individuals who met basic needs and fulfilled potentials (lincoln, einstein)

46
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CH10
Maslow
“hierarchy of needs”

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without these, can produce maladjustment !!

1) self actualization
2) esteem
3) love
4) safety
5) physiological

47
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CH10
Rogers
fully functioning person (congruent, humanistic)

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healthy, congruent with reality

thinks he’s smart and gets good grades

48
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CH10
Rogers
phenomenal field

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our psychological reality

C means good or bad, depending on person

49
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CH10

positive psychology

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focusing on desirable aspects of human functioning

50
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CH10
Rogers
CPR

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conditional positive regard (love with positive encouragement)

51
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CH10
Bandura

key idea: environment vs behavior

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observational learning - learning new responses by watching others
(phobias too!!)

52
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CH10
Bandura
reciprocal determinism

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when cognitions, behavior, and environment mutually influence one another
(bad experience = won’t go back)

53
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CH10
Rotter
locus of control

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individuals sense of where his/her influences originate
(internal = more confidence, better grades)
(external = less confidence, worse grades)

54
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CH10

traits

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more specific characteristics in personality (cautious)

55
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CH10

temperaments

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vague dispositions of personality (easygoing, difficult)

56
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CH10
Jerome Kagan
neurotransmitters

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everyone has same neurotransmitters but with different mixes (unfriendly child = unfriendly environment)

57
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CH10

factor analysis

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helps investigator look for relationships among personality tests

58
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CH10
big 5 (NEO-PI)
OCEAN

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Paul Costa and Robert McCrae

1) openness to experience (intellect)
2) conscientiousness (responsibility)
3) extraversion
4) agreeableness
5) neuroticism (anxiety)

59
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CH10

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)

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gives scores on clinical traits, detects mental illness

60
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CH10

1) reliability
2) validity

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1) consistent results

2) measures what its built to measure

61
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CH10

** behavior results from an interaction of ____ and ____ variables **

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trait

situational

62
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CH10

type

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specific dimensions of persons personality that are common with others (intro/extroverts)

63
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CH10

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

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  • based on Jungian types
  • use in personality-career surveys
  • reliability and validity low
64
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CH10

implicit personality theory

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assumptions abt personality held by people (nonpsychologists)

65
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CH10

fundamental attribution error

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assumption that another persons behavior (clumsy) is flaw in personality instead of situation

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