Lesson 1 Flashcards
What is the mind?
A complex network of mental processes and consciousness that includes thinking, feeling, perceiving, remembering, and willing, It’s also linked to the brain.
Can you see the mind on an MRI Scan?
No, you cannot see the mind on an MRI scan because it only shows brain activity.
How old is the field of psychology?
Around 100-150 years old.
What does psychology study?
Th mind, human behavior, cognitive, emotional, and social processes, etc.
Who Theorized about psychology?
The ancient Greeks and Egyptians
Who wrote about numerous fields within psychology?
Aristotle
What is Psychology?
Includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives.
What did Francis Bacon create?
The Scientific Method that Psychology is based on.
What is behavior?
Anything an organism does (an action we can observe and record)
What are mental processes?
Internal subjective experiences we infer from behavior (sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, etc.)
What are some behaviours?
Dancing, sleeping, talking, walking, hand gestures, etc.
What are some mental processes?
Thoughts, dreams, ideas, memories, etc.
What are top professions with a Bachelor’s in Pyschology?
Management and administration (business world), sales (insurance, real estate, securities, etc), social work (must go for masters), human resources, and assisting physicians)
What do you need to be a psychologist?
A graduate degree (4-6 years)
What is the first area of psychology?
Experimental Psychologists: Basic research, smallest group of the three major branches, work for a university, the government, pharmaceutical company, or research institute.
What is the second area of psychology?
Teachers of Psychology: Overlaps with experimental research group because most researchers also teach since they are employed by a university.
What is the third area of psychology?
Applied Psychology: Uses knowledge published by experimental psychologists to diagnose, train, assist, and treat psychological disorders and they also assist with equipment design.
What are the origins of psychology?
Ancient and classical civilizations created their own ideas on psychological topics. Western psychological perspectives were largely influenced by the Greeks, Romans, and the Christian Chruch.
What happened during the Middle Ages?
What is Nature vs Nurture?
Who is Wilhelm Wundt and what did he do?
What is structuralism?
What is Introspection?
Who is William James and what did he do?
What is Functionalism?
What is modern psychology?
What are the nine main perspectives of psychology today?
What is Gestalt psychology?
What is Behaviorism?
What is Psychoanalysis?
What is the psychodynamic view?
What is the Evolutionary/socio-biological perspective?
What is the biological view?
What is the Behavioral view?
What is the cognitive view?
What is the developmental view?
What is humanistic psychology?
What is the socio-cultural view?
What is psychology’s blindness?
What are the levels of analysis?
