Chapter 1 Flashcards
psychology
study of mind and behavior
Nativism
knowledge is acquired from experience
philosophical emipricism
that all knowledge is acquired by experience
phrenology
(Franz gall) defunct theory, current mental abilities and characters are localized in specific regions of the brain
physiology
the study of body function
stimulus
sensory input from the environment
psychoanalytic theory
Signmund frued, theory of personality, argues that human behavior is the result of the interactions among three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego.
psychoanalyis
set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which together form a method of treatment for mental-health disorders.
behaviorism
Watson, theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning
humanistic psychology
Abraham Maslow & Carl Rodgerson, an approach to understanding human nature that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings
response
a reaction to stimulus
reinforcement
SKinner, the cosuquences of a behavior determine whether it will be more or less likely to occur again
illusion
wertheimer, a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware that really does not exist
gestalt psychology
wertheimer, approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the part
cognitive psychology
the scientific study of mental process, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning