Lecture 1

Question 1

7 themes of psychology

Answer 1

Empirical, theoretically diverse, sociohistorical evolution, multiple casualty, cultural heritage matters, nature and nurture, subjectivity

Question 2

Clinical vs experimental psychology

Answer 2

Clinical - assessment and treatment
Experimental - scientific investigation

Question 3

G. Stanley Hall

Answer 3

first American PhD, opened first American psychology lab, founder of American Psychology Association

Question 4

Margaret Floy Washburn

Answer 4

first woman PhD in psychology

Question 5

Francis Cecil Sumner

Answer 5

first African American PhD, chair of psychology at Howard University

Question 6

What types of psychology utilize therapy?

Answer 6

Clinical and counseling, clinical is for mental disorders, counseling is for general distress

Question 7

Community psychology

Answer 7

Using psychology to improve mental health in communities and environments through infrastructure`

Question 8

Psychiatry

Answer 8

MD who uses medication to treat psychological disorders

Question 9

Nativism vs Philosophical Empiricism

Answer 9

Nativism - Plato, people are born with knowledge
PE - Aristotle, knowledge is gained through learning

Question 10

Trephination

Answer 10

A way to treat demons (actually mental health disorders) , drilling a hole in the skull

Question 11

Early biologic idea

Answer 11

Different organs hold different elements of psychology, treating organs treats mental issues

Question 12

John Locke

Answer 12

Thought humans were blank slates, knowledge comes from experience and observation

Question 13

16th and 17th centuries idea of mental disorders

Answer 13

Witchcraft, treated by confinement and isolation

Question 14

Philosophical dualism

Answer 14

Views the mind and body as 2 separate, fundamentally different things

Question 15

Phrenology

Answer 15

Feeling for bumps and divots in brain as a sign of an excess or lack of something

Question 16

Weber & Fechner

Answer 16

differences between real and perceived world

Question 17

Gestalt

Answer 17

perceptions/sum of sensations are greater than individual sensations

Question 18

Helmholtz

Answer 18

Examined how nerves work and how fast they work

Question 19

Structuralism

Answer 19

Wilhelm Wundt, what makes up our consciousness

Question 20

First psychology lab in the world

Answer 20

Wilhelm Wundt, 1879

Question 21

Functionalism

Answer 21

William James, how we use our consciousness

Question 22

Psychoanalysis

Answer 22

Freud, focus shifted to unconscious mind, unscientific, no way of testing

Question 23

Behaviorism

Answer 23

Behavior over mind

Question 24

Humanism

Answer 24

Carl Young, all humans have the capacity for good

Question 25

Cognitive

Answer 25

internal processes and how they affect thoughts and behavior, Kurt Lewin

Question 26

Social

Answer 26

influence of others on thoughts and behaviors

Question 27

Biopsychosocial

Answer 27

Biology, psychology (long lasting traits), and social (short term/situational), all factors of someone’s psychology

Question 28

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 28

Ancestral adaptations and how they affect us now
Comparative - similarities and differences between humans and other animals

Question 29

Cultural psychology

Answer 29

Differences between cultures and what causes them

Question 30

Educational psychology

Answer 30

Use of psychology to increased better outcomes in education

Question 31

Industrial/organizational psychology

Answer 31

Intersection of psychology and business

Question 32

Forensic psychology

Answer 32

using psychology to observe criminal minds and better the justice system

Question 33

Differential psychology

Answer 33

studying individual differences, different traits cause different behaviors

Question 34

Environmental psychology

Answer 34

increase environmental behaviors using psychology