Perspectives Flashcards
1001PSY Perspectives in Psychology. Week 1
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Psychology
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Is defined as the scientific investigation of mental processes behavior and the interaction between them
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William Wundt
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Structuralism
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Willam James
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Functionalism
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Introspection method
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systematic observation of conscious experience. Reported what they experienced
- Structuralism, William Wundt
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Structuralism
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-Consciousness
-Identified: sensations, feelings, emotions
Introspection method
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Functionalism
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- How people adapt behavior to environment
- Looked for explanations for psychological processes in their role, or function, in helping the individual to adapt to the environment
- patterns of development during childhood
- William James
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Psychodynamic approach
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- Sigmund Freud
- Unconsciousness, iceberg
- Case studies, own reflection
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Humanistic perspective
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- Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
- Fulfill potential, self actualization
- People are good
- Optimistic, freedom, personal growth
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Cognitive perspective
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- How we perceive, process and retrieve info
- Testing memory, how we remember and “categorize”
- Mind=computer
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Evolutionary perspective
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- Charles Darwin
- Natural selection, reproduction
- Patterns of behavior = products of evolution
