Concepts and Ideas

Question 1

What is psychology

Answer 1

Psychology is the study of many aspects of human life, behaviour and experience and is defined as the scientific study of the human mind and its functions especially those affecting behaviour in a given context.

Some aspects of psychology looks at atypical behaviour but looking at both the everyday behaviour and ascents compliments each other

Question 2

5 key areas of psychology?

Answer 2

Biological
Cognitive
Developmental
Individual differences
Social psychology

Conceptual and historical issues
Research methods

Question 3

How early 20th century ideas have influenced modern psychology

Answer 3

Schopenhauer’s philosophy was that behaviour is caused by unconscious drives or hidden processes
And this influenced Freud psychoanalysis

Darwins theories led to the field of Evolutionary psychology

These ideas were discussed and debated but none of them were not scientifically tested

Question 4

Psychology lab fist opened?

Answer 4

Psychology lab fist opened by Wilhelmina Wundt in 1879 in Leipzig

Question 5

First scientific methods

Answer 5

Experimentation
Introspection
Historical sources

Question 6

Early psychologists - links to today

Answer 6

They developed the idea that human nature can be investigated by scientific methods

Developed, using examples from other sciences, how experiments , gathering data and evidence, and other aspects of science to be were brought into study of mind and behaviour

Question 7

Behaviourism