Chp 1 Flashcards
Observable action
Behavior
The scientific study of behaviors and mental processes
Psychology
Not directly observable
Mental Process
Real knowledge that comes through experience
Empiricism
The human mind is a blank state contains no innate knowledge
Tubula Rasa
What did Socrates say about psychology?
He believed in introspection(looking within) and wrote know thyself
Who is considered to be the “father of Modern Psychology”
William James
Who is considered to be the “father of Psychology”
William Wundt
Who founded functionalism
William James
Who founded structuralism
William Wundt
Exploration of thoughts and emotions (conscious self)
Structuralism
Body/soul connection, thought and ideas can exist separately from the body
Dualism
Looking within
Introspection
Who is associated with the term introspection
Socrates
How mentally represent the world and process information
Cognitive perspective
Focuses on observable and measurable behaviors
Behavioral Perspective
Genes, hormones and nervous system
Biological Perspective
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Gestalt psychology
Human capacity for self fulfillment
Humanistic psychology
An acceptance of a individual regardless of their flaws or issues
Unconditional positive regard
A treatment to bring unconsciousness conflicts in conscious awareness to resolve them
Psychoanalysis
Focuses on evolution of behavior and mental processes
Evolutionary perspective
4 things the sociocultural perspective takes into account when dealing with individuals
Ethnicity
Gendar
Culture
Socioeconomic status
