introduction intro psychology Flashcards
Psychology (Old Definition)
Scientific Study of the mind and behavior
Mind
Private Inner experience
Behavior
Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
why did some old psychologist think we should only study behavior
because we cannot directly observe whats going on in the mind
psychology (new definition)
the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior
brain
organ repressible for the mind behavior
plato
he was a nativist- he believed that some kind of knowledge is innate (nature)
Aristotle
an empiricist- we develop our knowledge through experience ( nurture)
Descartes
Nativist- believed the mind and body were two separate entities.
” i think therefor i am”
Hobbes and Locke
we grain knowledge though experience.
“tabula rasa” - blank slate at birth
there is no mind body dualism
Descarte’s error
case study in the 1800’s which showed that the “mind” was dependent on the brain
Broca-
Wernicke-
structuralism
aimed to understand the basic elements “structures” of psychological experience
functionalism
aimed to understand the adaptive purpose of psychological characteristics
Wilhelm Wundt ( 1832- 1920)
- was the father of psychology
- intrest
- consciousness
- structuralism
- introspection
John Watson
- influenced by russian psychologist Ivan Pavolv
- believed that the focus of the study of psychology should be on behavior
- called his philosophy behaviorism
operant
consequence of behavior
Gestalt
theorist who studied how we perceive and think about the world
Baby in a box
B.F. Skinner made a contraption for mother to keep their children in - environmentally friendly and time saving
cognitive psychology
scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning
Wolfgang Kohler
studied how animals learn insight; his most famous pupil was Sultan, the ape
some of the most famous social psychologist
Asch, Clarks, and Milgram
What percentage of intervals upped the shock to the highest “dangerous” level.
the origins of clinical psychology
- late 1800’s clinics began to study and treat those with psychological disorders
- One of the most famous of the early clinicians was Sigmund Freud
- he used psychoanalysis
psychoanalysis
a psychosexual theory of development and treated patients by taping into their unconscious psyche
later approaches to psychotherapy included the…
humanistic and cognitive-behavioral ones
ideal self
humanistic psychologist believed in the goal of attaining…
humanistic psychologist believed in the goal of attaining the..
ideal self
ideal self
The ideal self is the part of a person’s self-concept that consists of their desires, hopes, and wishes
two of the most famous human psychologist
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
clinical psychologist
- perform assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders
- conduct research on people with mental disorders.
clinical psychologist
- perform assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders
- conduct research on people with mental disorders.
counseling psychologist
work with people experiencing temporary or relatively self-contained life problems