Prologue Flashcards
Define behavior
Anything an organism does, any action
What is the definition of psychology?
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Define mental
Internal thoughts, beliefs, feelings
Why is psychology a science?
- It evaluates ideas
* attempts to describe and explain human nature
What was Buddha’s role in psychology?
He wondered how sensations and perceptions combined to form ideas.
What was Confucius’s role in psychology?
Stressed power of ideas and an educated mind.
Who believed the mind and body were connected?
- Hebrews
- Aristotle
- Augustine
(HAA)
Who believed the mind and body were disconnected?
- Socrates
- Plato
- Descartes
(SPD)
Who believed ideas were inborn?
- Socrates
- Plato
(SP)
Who believed ideas started off in a blank state and experiences “wrote” on them?
- Aristotle
- Locke
(AL)
3 influences of the biopsychological approach?
Biological
Psychological
Social-cultural
Structuralism
Using introspection (looking in) to explore elemental structure of the mind
Founders of structuralism?
- Wundt
* Titchner
Functionalism
Focused on how certain behavioral processes enable an organism to survive
Founded of functionalism?
- Darwin
* William James
Who founded the idea of “the unconscious mind”?
Sigmund Freud
