Chapter 1 : The Evolution of Psych

Question 1

What is Psychology?

Answer 1

The study of mental processes and behaviours

Question 2

Mental Processes

Answer 2

describe the activity of our brains when we are engaged in thinking, processing, and remembering

Question 3

Behaviour

Answer 3

observable activities of the organism

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

a set of shared beliefs and practices

Question 5

Consciousness

Answer 5

personal awareness of ongoing mental processes

Question 6

What are the 4 goals when studying mental processes?

Answer 6

1. describe 2. predict 3. explain 4.control

Question 7

What are the 3 levels of analysis?

Answer 7

the brain, the person, the group

Question 8

What is being analyzed in the brain?

Answer 8

Structure, brain cell activity

Question 9

What is being analyzed in the person?

Answer 9

how mental processes influence behaviour

Question 10

What is being analyzed in the group?

Answer 10

how behaviour is shaped

Question 11

Who created Structuralism?

Answer 11

E.B Titchener

Question 12

What is Structuralism?

Answer 12

analysis of immediate experience into basic elements

Question 13

What does Structuralism use?

Answer 13

used introspection to reduce experiences down to physical attributes such as feelings, sensations, and images

Question 14

Who created Functionalism?

Answer 14

William James

Question 15

What is Functionalism?

Answer 15

focus on the function or purpose of behaviour, based on the conscious mind

Question 16

Who created Behaviourism?

Answer 16

John B Watson

Question 17

What is Behaviourism?

Answer 17

focused only on observable behaviours, we are made this way not born

Question 18

Who created psychoanalysis?

Answer 18

Sigmund Freud

Question 19

What is Psychoanalysis?

Answer 19

how variation processes guide behaviour

Question 20

What is Humanism?

Answer 20

Emphasizes the unique quality of humans

Question 21

How many key themes are there is Psychology?

Answer 21

7

Question 22

T1: Psychology is Empirical

Answer 22

Psychology vs Pseudoscience

Question 23

T2: Psychology is Theoretically Diverse

Answer 23

6 different perspectives

Question 24

Biological Perspective

Answer 24

physiological influences (Brain Tumor)

Question 25

Learning Perspective

Answer 25

environmental influences ( father was violent)

Question 26

Cognitive Perspective

Answer 26

thinking ( felt he was a failure)

Question 27

Sociocultural Perspective

Answer 27

social and cultural values (guns in the house)

Question 28

Psychodymanic Perspective

Answer 28

unconscious conflict

Question 29

Behavioural Perspective

Answer 29

observable behaviours

Question 30

T3: Psychology evolves in socio historical context

Answer 30

influenced by what is happening in society

Question 31

T4: Behaviour is determined by multiple causes

Answer 31

rarely only one cause of why we behave the way we do

Question 32

T5: Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage

Answer 32

we have to consider culture when looking at behaviour

Question 33

T6: Hereditary and Environment

Answer 33

looking at both “Nature and Nurture”

Question 34

T7: Peoples experience to the world is highly objective

Answer 34

our experiences shape what we see

Question 35

Critical thinking

Answer 35

the ability to assess claims and more objective judgements on the basis of well supported reasons and evidence