History And Approaches

Question 0

Humanism

Answer 0

You see the value in human beings individually and collectively

Question 1

Gestalt

Answer 1

How do we interpret our sensations so that they become meaningful perceptions?

Question 2

Evolutionary psychology

Contemporary approach

Answer 2

How do traits promote the survival of genes?

Question 3

Biological

Domains of psychology

Answer 3

Explore links between brain and mind

Question 4

Cognitive

Domains in psychology

Answer 4

Experiment with how we perceive, think and solve problems.

Question 5

Clinical psychology

Domains of psychology

Answer 5

Assess and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders.

Question 6

Counseling

Domains of psychology

Answer 6

Help people cope with challenges and improve their functioning.

Question 7

Biological

Contemporary approach

Answer 7

How do our genes, brains and hormones influence us?

Question 8

Cognitive

Contemporary approach

Answer 8

How do we process, store, and receive information ?

Question 9

Biopsychosocial

Contemporary approach

Answer 9

Considers the influences of biological, psychological and social cultural factors.
(Culture, media, peers)

Question 10

Social

Domains of psychology

Answer 10

Explore how we view and affect one another.

Question 11

Personality

Domains of psychology

Answer 11

Investigating our persistent traits.

Question 12

Developmental

Domains of psychology

Answer 12

Study how our abilities change from womb to tomb.

Question 13

Sigmund Freud

Answer 13

He was interested in psychoanalysis.

He influenced the psychodynamic therapy.

Question 14

William James

Answer 14

He was a functionalist.

Question 15

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 15

He did “Classical Condition”
(Condition practically means “training”)
(It also means a way of getting a certain behavior)

Question 16

Carl Rogers

Answer 16

He was a humanist.

Question 17

B. F. Skinner

Answer 17

He was a behaviorist.

Question 18

John B. Watson

Answer 18

He was a behaviorist.

He was all about studying the observable behavior.

Question 19

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 19

He was a structuralist.

Question 20

Structuralism

Answer 20

Structuralism is getting to know the parts, so they can understand a whole person.

Question 21

Functionalism

Answer 21

Functionalism is like “Why did you behave that way?” “Why do you like butterflies?” “Why are you sad?” etc.

Question 22

Behaviorism

Answer 22

Behaviorism is observable behavior.

Question 23

Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic

Answer 23

Focuses on themes across important relationships, childhood experiences and therapist relationship.

Question 24

Independent variable

Answer 24

An independent variable is the variable you have control over, what you can choose and manipulate.

Question 25

Dependent variable

Answer 25

A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment.

Question 26

Confounding variable

Answer 26

It’s a variable that has an unintentional effect on the dependent variable.

Question 27

Control variables

Answer 27

A person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation.

Question 28

Naturalistic Observation

Answer 28

This technique involves observing subjects in their natural environment.

Question 29

Biological Psychology

Answer 29

A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior.