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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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What are the 3 driving forces of psychology?

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  1. Psychodynamic
  2. [Modern] Behaviorism
  3. Humanistic
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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Biological perspective?

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How our biological structures and functions affect our psychological states and traits

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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Psychodynamic perspective?

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Unconcious influences and biases drive our behavioral dynamics and related treatment

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Psychological Perspectives

Key Person or People of Psychodynamic Perspective

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Sigmund Freud

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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Behavioral perspective?

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Environmental elements cause behaviors to be acquired or modified

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Psychological Perspectives

Key Person or People of Behavioral Perspective

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  • John B. Watson
  • Ivan Pavlov (bonus)
  • B.F Skinner
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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Humanistic perspective?

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Emphasizes the important of choice and self-direction;
[psychological growth, interpersonal relationships, and self concept.]

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Psychological Perspectives

Key Person or People of Humanistic Perspective

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  • Carl Rogers
  • Abraham Maslow
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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Positive perspective?

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Focuses on counterbalancing traditional emphasis on psychological problems and disorders by looking at positive traits

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Psychological Perspectives

Key Person or People of Positive Perspective

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  • Martin Seligman
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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Cognitive Perspective?

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Focuses on influence of mental process
on behavior: memory, perception,
language, problem solving, and thinking

think computers > 1950’s information processing model, neuroscience

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Psychological Perspectives

What is the difference between Biological and Cognitive psychology?

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Biological - studies nervous systems, endocrine system, immune system, genetics
Cognitive - more so focuses on neuroscience and brain function alone

*both uses biological processes

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Psychological Perspectives

What is the Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Emphasizes diversity of patterns of
behavior across cultural settings and
countries
communities of various sizes

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Psychological Perspectives

What are the 3 types of cultures within Cross-Cultural psychology?

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  1. Ethnocentrism
  2. Individualistic Culture
  3. Collectivistic Culture
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Psychological Perspective

What is the Evolutionary Perspective?

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