Chapter 1 Flashcards
Name the types of research
Basic- Knowledge for the sake of it
Applied- Research for application
Translational- Basic research becoming applied
Give a brief over view of Mind-Body dualism. Who is important?
The mind and body are separate entities. Studying the body does not tell us about the mind. The mind is a separate spiritual entity. Rene Descartes
Give a brief overview of monism. Who is important?
The mind and body are one and the mind is not a separate extension. Mental events are products of physical events. Thomas Hobbes
Give a brief overview of British Empiricism. Who is important?
Knowledge gained empirically—measurable quantities and observation. The start of using the scientific method. John Locke
Who pioneered the first Pysch Labs?
Wilhelm Wundt. Known as “Father of Modern Psychology”. Used scientific techniques to study the mind. Can trace most things back to him and his students.
What are the two original school’s of thought?
Structuralism- Breaking things down to individual components
Functionalism- Looking at the function or purpose of the mind
Give a brief overview of Behaviourism.
It emphazises the role environment has in controlling our behaviour, and how experiences change us. Outward process’ are being observed/focused on not inward ones.
Give a brief overview of RADICAL behaviourism
Essentially taking behaviourism to the extreme. Environment is the only factor controlling behaviour and everything else is irrelevant. Internal processes do not affect behaviour.
Give a brief overview of Cognitive Behaviourism.
Simply combining cognition and behaviourism. Environment can affect us but is filtered through a cognitive lens. Perceiving, thinking, and then acting.
Briefly explain Cognitive Psychology.
Cognitive psychology is all about Free will and cognition. It is a shift away from Behvaviourism and a focus on mental states and understanding the cognitive process.
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
A major movement in clinical psychology. The focus of the influence the unconscious mind has on behaviour. Characteroized by Freud, it focuses on our unconscious thoughts/desires/urges.
What is Humanism and positive psychology?
They are a way of combating the psychodynamic perspective. Focusing on free will and positive aspects of the human condition like the capacity for change, and how behavious is mainly under conscious control.
Name some major themes in psychology
Psych is empiracal-Its a science
is it theoretically diverse
Evolves in a socio-historical context
Behaviour is determined by multiple causes
It is influenced by both heredity and environment
Ppls experience of the world is subjective
