Evolution of Psychology

Question 1

What fields did psychology originate from?

Answer 1

Philosophy and Physiology

Question 2

What movements have influenced psychology?

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Humanism, behaviorism, structuralism, functionalism

Question 3

Analyze consciousness into its basic elements

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Structuralism

Question 4

Researcher associated with structuralism

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Edward Titchener

Question 5

Investigate he function or purpose of psychology

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Functionalism

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Researcher associated with functionalism

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William James

Question 7

the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and potential for personal growth

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Humanism

Question 8

psychology should study only observable behavior

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Behaviorism

Question 9

Researcher(s) associated with humanism

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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Researcher(s) associated with behaviorism

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John B. Watson and BF Skinner

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Unconsciousness influenced behavior

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Psychoanalysis

Question 12

Researcher(s) associated with psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud

Question 13

Who established the first psychology lab

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Wilhelm Wundt

Question 14

Who established the first psychology lab in the US

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G. Stanley Hall

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Who established the first psychology journal

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Diagnosis and treatments of psychological problems and disorders; expanded during World War 2 to test soldiers going to war and coming back from war

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Clinical psychology

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Examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for members of a species over the course of many generations

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Evolutionary psychology

Question 18

theory and research to better understand the positive, adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence

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positive psychology

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provide assistance to people struggling with everyday problems of moderate severity

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counseling psychology

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psychology in world of business and industry; HR and improving work qualities

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industrial/organizational psychology

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promote cognitive, emotional, and social development of children in schools

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school psychology

Question 22

diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders, medicine

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psychiatry

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ability to solve problems within human behavior such as health issues, workplace issues, or education

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Applied psychology

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Types of applied psychology

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clinical, counseling, industrial/organizational, school

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types of research psychology

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Developmental psychology
Social psychology
Experimental psychology**
Physiological psychology
Cognitive psychology
Personality psychology
Psychometrics (aka Quantitative psychology)
Educational Psychology**
Health Psychology

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Researcher(s) associated with positive psychology

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Seligman

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Researcher(s) associated with evolutionary psychology

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Buss, Cosmides & Toby, Daly & Wilson

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focuses on “higher” mental processes like memory, reasoning, information processing, language, problem solving, decision making, and creativity

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cognitive psychology

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Researhcer(s) associated with cognitive psychology

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Chomsky (language); Miller (memory); Simon (problem-solving, and comparison between humans and computers)

Question 30

biological substrates which underlie the mind & overt behaviors

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physiological psychology

Question 31

Knowledge should be acquired through observation

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Empiricism

Question 32

describes the actions or operations that will be used to measure or control a variable

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Operational definition

Question 33

Knowledge is acquired through reason

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Rationalism

Question 34

Independent variable has not been manipulated by experimenters

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Quasi-experiment