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Psychology Definition

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The study of behaviour, thought and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social and environmental factors.

Examines the individual as a product of multiple influences (biopsychosocial)

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The Scientific Method?

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A way of learning about the world through collecting observations, making theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions.

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Theories:

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-generate hypotheses
-explain phenomenon
-not the same as beliefs (are tested)

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Hypotheses

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-testable prediction about process that can be observed and measured
-is falsifiable
-cannot technically be proved (only confirmed and reinforced)

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Scientific Literacy

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Knowledge Gathering-What do we know?
Critical Thinking- Can we critically evaluate the evidence?
Application- Is this important?
Scientific Explanation- How can science explain this?

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Empiricism

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Knowledge about the world gathered through careful observation.
We understand behaviour by making observations and testing hypotheses (empirical research)

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Determinism

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Events are governed by cause and effect relationships.
Occur at different levels (biological, motivational, habitual…)

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History of Studying Behavior

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-Ancient Egyptian doctors described behavioural changes following head trauma
-Greek (Hippocrates) and Roman (Galen of Pergamon) physicians developed 4 humours/ temperaments theory of personality
-Adoption of scientific method
-Materialism/Dualism

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Materialism

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Belief that humans and other living beings are composed exclusively of physical matter

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Dualism

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There are properties of humans that are not material

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Gustav Fechner (Influences from Physics)

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Psychophysics- Study of relationship between the physical world and the mental representation of the world

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Charles Darwin (Influences from Evolutionary Theory)

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-Natural Selection
-Genetically inherited traits that contribute to survival and reproductive success are more likely to be passed on
-Traits will differ across environments

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Localization of Brain Function (Influences from Medicine)

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-Idea that certain parts of the brain control specific mental abilities and personality characteristics
-Phrenology
-Brain Injuries

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Phrenology

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Mental traits and dispositions can be determined by examining the surface of the skull (27 organs)

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Brain Injuries

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Paul Broca- Left frontal lobe: Spoken language production
Karl Wernicke- Left hemisphere: Language Comprehension
Phineas Gage- Frontal lobe damage: impulsiveness, child like behaviour

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Sigmund Freud (Influences From Medicine)

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-Intrigued by hypnosis
-Psychoanalysis
-Believed unconscious mind contained
-forgotten memories
-sexual and aggressive urges
-Psychoanalysis allowed direct access to mind
-Recognized unconscious mental activity
-Used medical model to treat disorders of thought, emotion and behaviour
-Recognized evolutionary influences
-Recognized importance of early life experiences

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Psychoanalysis

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Attempts to explain how unconscious processes influence behaviour and personality

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Sir Francis Galton (Influence of Social Sciences)

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-Measured perception, used statistical analysis to study behaviour
-Interested in individual experiences of people
-Nature vs Nurture (on nature side)
-Eminence
-Theories used to justify eugenic movements

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Eminence

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Combination of ability, morality and achievements that ran in family

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Wilhelm Wundt (Beginnings of Contemporary Psychology)

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-First laboratory dedicated to study of human behaviour
-Used introspection (to look within)
-Sensation and Perception
-Reaction time studies
-Measured how experimental manipulations affected mental events
-Mental activities not instantaneous

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Edward Titchener (Beginnings of Contemporary Psychology)

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-Structuralism
-Analysis of conscious experience by breaking it down into basic elements, and to understand how these elements work together
-Mental experiences are made of a limited number of sensations

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Structuralism

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-Analysis of conscious experience by breaking it down into basic elements, and to understand how these elements work together

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William James (Beginnings of Contemporary Psychology)

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-Wrote first psych textbook (The Principles of Psychology)
-Interested in how our thoughts and actions help us adapt to our environment
-Functionalism

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Functionalism

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-Study of the purpose and function of behaviour and conscious experience
-Behaviour is understood by determining the purpose it served over the course of evolution
-Why do we behave the way we do?

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Edwin Twitmyer (Behaviourism)

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-Classic conditioning
-Behaviourism

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Behaviourism

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-Singular focus on studying only observable behaviour
-Little or no reference to mental events or instincts

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Edward Thorndike (Behaviourism)

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-Behavioural changes based on the type of consequences

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John B.Watson (Behaviourism)

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Only observable changes in the environment and behaviour appropriate for scientific study

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B.F. Skinner (Behaviourism)

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Radical behaviourism: Foundation of behaviour is the response to reward and punishment

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Hermann Ebbinghaus (The Cognitive Revolution)

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Studied memory; remembering and forgetting (used himself to train memory with lots of words)

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Frederick Bartlett (The Cognitive Revolution)

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Cultural knowledge and previous experience influence our memories

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Noam Chomsky (The Cognitive Revolution)

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Aspects of language are too complex for behaviourism

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Gestalt Psychology (The Cognitive Revolution)

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Emphasizes focus on the whole of perception and experience rather than its parts

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Cognitive Psychology

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Modern psychological perspective focusing on processes such as memory, thinking and language

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Social Psychology

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-Study of influence of other people on our behaviours
-Behaviour is a function of the individual and the environment

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Personality Psychology

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Study of how different personality characteristics can influence how we think act

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Humanistic Psychology

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-Focuses on the unique aspects of each individual human, beyond their conditioning (behaviourism) and unconscious motivations (psychoanalysis)
-Freedom to act, rational thought
-Meaning of personal experience

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Donald Hebb (Brain and Behaviour)

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Hebb’s law: Cells that fire together wire together

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Wilder Penfield (Brain and Behaviour)

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-Mapping of sensory and movement brain regions
-Subjective experience represented in the brain

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Emerging Themes in Psychology

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-Psychology of Women
-How human behaviour differs across cultures (WEIRD)
-Brain imaging
-Psychology in the ‘real world’ (vs all and facilities)
-Psychology in the digital world

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