Intro to Psychology

Question 1

Psychodynamic Psychologis

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focus on therapy that resolves patient’s conflicted conscious
and unconscious feelings

Question 2

Psychology

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The scientific study of the human mind, mental states, and human behaviour.

Question 3

Behavioural Psychologist

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Believe that psychologists need factual evidence from experiments to understand and change human behaviour

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Humanist Psychologist

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Believes that the client should be involved in their recovery rather than the therapist interpret the issues.
Empower the client. Uses qualitative research: diaries, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews, observations

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Cognitive Psychologist

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Study and application of how the brain learns. Considers mental states (beliefs, motivations, and desires).

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Developmental Psychologist

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Studies how humans change and offers a variety of theories to help us understand what we can expect and what is happening to us at different times in our lives.

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Biological Psychologist

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Study of the brain (blood flow, electrical activity). Cannot answer questions about motivation, or why people choose to behave differently in similar situations.

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Scientific Method

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science of psychology is based on objective, verifiable evidence obtained using the scientific method.
- hypothesis, experiments, data, findings

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The Empirical Approach

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• set of standards to conduct a study
• emphasizes careful observation and scientifically based research.

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Pseudo-psychology

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unscientific psychology which pretends to be the real thing

Question 11

Negative Effects of Pseudo-psychology:

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• People believe the fake psychology and miss out on real psychological insights
• pseudo-psychology can produce a lot of fraud

Question 12

Confirmation bias

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Only paying attention to the events and evidence which confirms our desired beliefs.

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Experimental Psychologists:

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• do the basic research in psychology. - Most are faculty members at a college or university.
• smallest section

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Teachers of Psychology

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• overlaps with expeirmnteal pysch
• most researchers also teach

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Applied Psychology

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• uses knowedlge form expeirmntal psychologists to address human problems

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3 Ways of Doing Psychology

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Applied Psychology
Teachers of Psychology
Experimental Psychologists:

Question 17

Psychology vs. Psychiatry

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• Psychiatry is a specialty in the medical field and hold MD. they gave give meds
• Psychology focuses on helping the person without meds

Question 18

When and Where did
Psychology Start?

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• Greeks idenified ideas of counsiouness
• Asian and African cultures had ideas about psychology
• Greeks and Roman Catholic Churc had influnce of western psych

Question 19

A Change in Perspective
in psych

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• medieval Christian churches thought the human mind wa slike god as it was un unsolvable mystery
• Rene Descartes argued that human sensations and behaviours were based on activity in the nervous system.

Question 20

Psychology Becomes a Science

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Despite Descartes arguments and scientific breakthroughs , psychology didn’t become a recognized science until the mid 1800s.

Question 21

Psychology 9 main perspectives

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Biological
Developmental
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Behavioural
Sociocultural
Evolutionary
Trait views

Question 22

Psychology’s Blindness

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• psychology was blind to the influence of culture on people’s behaviour
• 90% of psych is only studied by white ppl