Intro To Psychology

Question 0

What is scientific?

Answer 0

Psychologists rely on scientific research methods to unravel their answers. Collect data and use mathematical formulas to analyze results.

Question 1

What is psychology?

Answer 1

The scientific study of mental processes and behaviour.

Question 2

Behaviour?

Answer 2

Anything that you do

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Mental processes?

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Anything that can’t be directly observed. (Thinking, feelings, dreams)

Question 4

What is a clinical psychologist?

Answer 4

Most common type of career, they use their skills as therapists, assessment specialists and researchers to promote health in groups and individuals.

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Academic psychologist?

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Conduct basic research in a number of subfields

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Neuropsychologist?

Answer 6

Studies how brain structure relates to behaviour

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Social psychologist?

Answer 7

How behaviour and mental processes are influenced by our interactions with others

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Developmental psychologist?

Answer 8

Studies growth and development over a life span

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Cognitive psychologists

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Study mental processes.

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Experimental psychologist?

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Specializes in doing research and can be specialists in any of psychologies subfields

Question 11

What is an applied psychologist?

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Work to solve specific, practical problems rather than expanding the scientific knowledge base of psychology by applied research.

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Forensic psychologist?

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Apply law and research to legal issues

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Sports psychologist?

Answer 13

Explore psychological issues involving the improvement of athletic performance

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Educational psychologist?

Answer 14

How humans learn and look to improve the learning process. (Big picture)

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Human-factors psychologist?

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How people and machines interact, looks at maximizing safety and productivity.

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Industrial/organizational psychologist?

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Helping businesses and organizations run more efficiently

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School psychologist?

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Work to improve development of children in school settings. (Individual)

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Consumer psychologist

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Research to figure out why people buy products

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Rehabilitation psychologists?

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Help those with medical issues

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Health psychologists?

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Research ways to prevent disease and promote health.

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Social worker?

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Has undergraduate or masters in psychology or social work. They want to improve the lives of others but are NOT psychologists.

Question 22

What was the birth year of psychology?

Answer 22

1879

Question 23

What is psychodynamic perspective?

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Focuses on how our behaviour springs from unconscious drives and conflict. The behaviour is explained through unconscious motivation and unresolved inner conflict.

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Behaviourists?

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Believe that we learn through rewards, punishments and observation, behaviour is explained through previous learning.

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Humanists?

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Focus on healthy people strive to reach their full potential. Behaviour is explained as being motivated by satisfying their needs with the goal or reaching ones potential once the basic needs are met.

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Cognitive perspective?

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Focuses on how people think, so how they take in, process, store and retrieve information. Behaviour is explained by how a person interprets the situation.

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Biological perspective?

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Focuses on physical structures and substances underlying a particular behaviour, thought or emotion. Behavior is explained by brain chemistry, genetics, glands, etc.

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What is social cultural perspective?

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Focuses on how thinking or behavior changes a different context or situations. Behavior is explained by the influence of other people.

Question 29

What is behavior genetics?

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It focuses on how much our genes and environment influence or individual differences? Studies the relationship between human behavior and the nature nurture issue.

Question 30

What is evolutionary psychology?

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Focus on behaviors that helps our ancestors survive and combined biological, psychological and social theories of human behavior. Studies what qualities have evolved through natural selection that have help humans adapt through the years.

Question 31

Positive psychology?

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Focuses on the study of optimal human functioning and the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive. Looks at what makes life good, the fulfilling and positive.

Question 32

What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

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Psychiatrist have had extensive medical training and it’s technically a medical doctor or psychologist focused his or her training that education. I psychiatrist is able to prescribe medication whereas the psychologist is not. A psychologist uses his or her skills mostly as therapy.