Intro Flashcards
Study of mental processes, in humans and animals
Psychology
Intense examinations on phenomena with complex explination by utilizing multiple resources to draw conclusions
Case studies
Questionnaires or interviews aimed at gaining a subject’a insite in relatively short time frames
Survey
-The father of moderns psychology
-Focused on introspection (to look within)
-Began the first psych research lab
Wilhelm Wundt
-Developed structuralism (identifying most basic structures of human mind)
-Suggested sensations have distinct characteristics
Edward titchener
-Focused on functionalism (focuses on the anatomy of the mind)
-studied how the mind, perceptions, habits, and emotions help o allow humans to adapts and survive
-Authored Principles of Psychology (1890)
William James
-Developed psychoanalysis
-Used hypnosis
-Believe psych offered only temporary explanations until neurology could explain the rest
Freud
-Behaviorism
-little Albert experiment (made the kid scared of bunnies)
John Watson
Psychologists
The PHD doctors
Psychiatrist
The md doctores
Psychotherapists
Just that, therapists
Suggests people are in control of their lives and behaviors
-people possess free will
-rejects the unconsciousness and focuses on uniqueness
Humanistic
Focuses on overt actions that can be measured and observed
Behavioral
Focuses on biological processes that underline behavior; how biological characteristics are inherited and influence behavior
Biological
Study of employee, workplaces, and organizations
Industrial/ organizational
