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Lecture 1 - History of Psychology Flashcards

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Definition of Psychology

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The scientific study of behaviour and the mind

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Psychologist

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Scientists who use the scientific method to acquire knowledge on behaviour and the mind

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Mind

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The internal states and processes of the brain

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Psychology goals (three B’s)

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Describe behaviour, explain causes for behaviour, predict behaviour under certain conditions

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Early Psychology

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Pre 19th century; based in philosophy

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Hippocrates

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Ancient Greek physician - first person to explain illness based on science rather than supernatural

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Theory of Humorism (Greeks/Romans)

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  • The body is made up of 4 principal humours
  • Complex system of interactions
  • good health = humours in balance
  • Primary way of understanding biology and psychology
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Humours

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Black bile, blood, yellow bile, phlegm

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Definition of humour

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Explained the balance of life

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Rene Descartes

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(1596 - 1650) Philosopher and mathematician

  • Minds are immaterial
  • Bodies are material
  • Substance dualism
  • Mind-body problem
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Substance dualism

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Life possess both physical and metaphysical properties

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Interactionism

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The interaction between the physical and metaphysical

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Mind-body problem

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  • how do minds and bodies interact

- how does the physical affect the mental vice versa

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Reductive physicalism

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Idea that life is comprised solely of physical matter

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16th Century

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Psychology’s beginnings as a science

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Steven Blankaart

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(1650-1704) Dutch physician who distinguished psychology as the study of the mind

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Wilhelm Wundt

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(1832-1920) German psychologist who established psychology as a distinct discipline. Study of the components of consciousness –> relies on introspection
- Structuralist

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Structuralism

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Focus on the components of consciousness, rather than function

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William James

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(1842-1910) American psychologist who coined functionalism.

- Influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution

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Functionalism

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Analysis of the function of consciousness; how behaviour impacts the life of an organism
- Operation of the whole mind, rather than individual parts

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Psychodynamic theory

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Freud’s theory to explain the reason behind human behaviour

- focus on the subconscious mind

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Sigmund Freud

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(1856-1939) Austian neurologist known for his outlandish psychoanalytic theory. His ideas helped revolutionize the field of modern psychology

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Psychoanalytical theory

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Focuses on the role of a person’s unconscious and childhood experiences as a cause to current behaviour and development of personality

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Modern view on Freudian Theory

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Research has identified brain mechanisms that produce unconscious emotional reactions

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Occam’s Razor (1285-1347/49)

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A principal of parsimony; practice of economy when it comes to choosing an explanation –> contains the fewest amounts of assumptions

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John B. Watson

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(1878-1958) American psychologist that is responsible for the shift of psychology from the study of the mind to the scientific study of behaviour (behaviourism)

  • Obejective analysis of the mind is impossible
  • Behaviour is a product of the subconscious, which is quantifiable
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Behaviourism

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The study of observing and controlling behaviour

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B. F Skinner

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(1904-1990) American psychologist that enhanced behaviourism; established a prominent role in psychology
- Discovered operant conditioning

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Operant conditioning

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A method of learning that involves positive and negative reinforcement for certain behaviours with the goal of the subject learning a certain behaviour in order to be rewarded and avoid punishment

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Humanistic perspective

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A perspective that emphasizes the potential for good which is innate in all human beings

  • People are more than the sum of their parts
  • Subjective
  • Opposes fundamentalism and structuralism
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Carl Rogers

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(1902-1987) American psychologist who developed client centered therapy in which the patient takes a directive role in their healing process

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Three elements needed for client centered therapy

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Unconditional positive regard, genuineness, empathy

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Abraham Maslow

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(1908-1970) American psychologist who proposed a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behaviour (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs). Higher levels lead to self-actualization –> full potential

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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  1. Physiological 2. Security 3. Social 4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization

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