Chapter 1.4 Psychology's Past and Present

Question 1

Early history of psy

Answer 1

philosophy and spiritualism, first lab in germany William wundt 1879

Question 2

Structuralism

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Wundt, E.B Titchener, Aiming to identify most basic elements of psy

Question 3

Functionalism

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William James influeced by charles darwins. understanding the adaptive purposes of thoughts and behavior

Question 4

Behavioralism

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Watson and Skinner. uncovering the general laws of learning by looking outside of the organism

Question 5

Cognitivism

Answer 5

Piaget and Neisser. Mental process involved in different aspects of thinking

Question 6

Psychoanalysis

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Freud or Jung Internal psy processes of which we’re unaware. Early lif experinces dreams

Question 7

Clinical psy

Answer 7

Work with people who have mental disorders

Question 8

Counceling psy

Answer 8

Work with people who experincing temporary or self contained problems.

Question 9

School psy

Answer 9

Asseses and develop intervation programs, different from educational psy

Question 10

Developmental psy

Answer 10

Study how and why people change over time. Most work infants and children

Question 11

Experimental psy

Answer 11

Use sophisticated research methods to study memory language and thinking of humans

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Forencis psy

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Asses, diagnose and assist with rehab and treatment

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Industrial-Orginizational psy

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companies and businesses to help select productive employees evaulate the performance

Question 14

Nature nurture

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Free wil determinsm

Question 15

Basic research

Answer 15

Researching non temporary things, general facts

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Applied research

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researching temporary practical problems