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Module 1- Introduction Flashcards

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Scientific in the psychology definition?

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

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What is psychology?

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The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes

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Behaviour?

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Anything that you do is a behaviour that psychologists could study

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Mental processes?

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Things we cannot observe directly - thoughts feelings and dreams

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Clinical psychologists?

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Most common. These psychologists use their skills as therapists, assessment specialists and researchers to promote psychological health in groups and individuals

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Academic psychologists

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Work in colleges and universities conducting basic research

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What are examples of academic psychologists?

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Neuropsychologists, social psychologists, developmental, cognitive, experimental

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Neuropsychologists?

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Connects how brain structure relates to behaviour

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Social psychologists?

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Explore how behaviour and mental processes are influenced by our interactions with others

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Developmental psychologists?

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Study 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 psychologists

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Specialize in doing research and can be specialists in any of psychology’s subfields

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What are examples of applied psychologists

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Forensic, sports, educational, human factors, industrial/organizational, school, consumer, rehabilitation, health, social workers

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What is applied psychology?

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Work to solve specific, practical problems instead of expanding the scientific knowledge base of psychology

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What is a forensic psychologist?

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Apply the law and research to legal issues

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Sports psychologists?

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Explore the psychologists issues involving the improvement of academic performance

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Educational psychologists

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Study how humans learn and look at how to improve the learning process

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Human-factors psychologists

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Explore how people and machines interact. Look at maximizing safety and productivity.

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Industrial/organizational psychology

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Work at helping businesses and organizations run more efficiently

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School psychologists

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Work to improve the development of children in school settings

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Consumer psychologists

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Use research to figure out why people buy products.

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Rehabilitation psychologists

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Help this who have medical conditions.

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Health psychologists

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Research ways to prevent disease and promote health.

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Social workers

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Have an undergraduate or masters degree in psychology or social work and want to improve the lives of others

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When was psychology born?

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1879

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What is the psychodynamic perspective?

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Focuses on how our behaviour springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. Behaviour is explained through unconscious drives and conflicts. Behaviour is explained through unconscious motivation and unresolved inner conflicts from our childhood.

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Behaviourists?

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Believe that we learned responses through rewards, punishments and observation. Behaviour is explained through previous learning

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Humanists?

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

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Cognitive perspective?

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Focuses on how people think-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. Behaviour is explained by brain chemistry, genetics, glands etc

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Social cultural perspective?

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Focuses on how thinking or behaviour changes in different contexts or situations. Behaviour is explained by the influence of other people present.

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Behaviour genetics

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A strong developing area in psychology that focuses on how much our genes and environment influence our individual differences. IOW, studies the relationship between human behaviour and the nature nurture issue.

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Evolutionary psychology

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Focuses on behaviours that helped our ancestors survive and combines biological, psychological, and social theories of human behaviour.

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Positive psychology

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Focuses on the study of optimal human functioning and the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.

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What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

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Psychiatrists can prescribe medication and must study four years in medical school

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