History And Aproaches Flashcards
Proximity
A group that belongs together
- Gestalt psychology -
How do we interpret our sensations so that they become meaningful perceptions?
Focus on the figure & tune out the ground
Similarity
Tendency to group things in columns
Continuity
Something that just flows
Connectedness
Units, tend to see it as a whole the whole is more than the sum of its parts
Psychoanalysis
Is the first form of therapy that emerged
Psychodynamic therapy
Influenced by Freud
Focuses on themes across important relationships
Childhood experiences and therapist relationship
Humanism
Outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
Who is Carl Rogers?
Said that people are basically good, ready for growth and fulfillment We need 3 things -genuineness -acceptance -empathy
Biological
How do our genes,brains, and hormones influence us?
Explore links between brain & mind
Cognitive
How do we process,store, and receive information?
Experiment with how we percieve,think, and solve problems
Personality
Investigating our persistent traits
Social-Cultural
How does behavior/thinking vary across cultures?
Explore how we view and affect one another
Bio psychosocial
Considers the influences of biological,psychosocial, and socio-cultural factors.
Clinical psychology
Assesses and treat mental,emotional, and behavior disorders
Wilhelm Wundt
Proved that there was a difference between sensation and perception
Structuralism
Involves with the different parts of any thing
Functionalism
Functionalism has to do with how humans behave and if they were helpful to our survival
Who was John Watson?
A behaviorist - you can’t observe a sensation like feelings or thoughts
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
Ivan was an
Who was William James?
Was an american who founded a laboratory at Harvard that took a functionalist approach
Evolutionary
Of or relating to or produced by evolution “evolutionary biology”
Developmental
Concerned with the development of someone or something
Counseling
The provision of assistance and guidance in resolving personal,social or psychosocial problems and difficulties
Experimental
Based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized
Human factors
Psychological,cultural,behavioral, and other human attributes that influence decision making
Psychometric
Of relating to deriving from psychiatry or psycho metrics
Industrial organizational
The field of economics that builds on the theory of the firm in examining the structure of and boundaries
Charles darwin
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection
