Prologue Flashcards
Believed that mind is separate from the body - knowledge is innate
Plato and Socrates
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
Believes that knowledge grows from Experience - not preexisting
Aristotle
Father of Modern Psychology - dissected animals -found brain fluids
Descartes
Introduced scientific method
Francis Bacon
Believed we are born as a blank slate
Locke
The view that knowledge comes from experience via the senses - senses flourish
Empiricism
Opened first lab in Germany
Wundt
Early psychology - looking inward to explore structure - Titchener
Sturcturalism
Opened first US lab
Titchener
Looking inward to explore human mind
Introspection
Focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - James
Functionalism
Developed functionalism - 1st US psychologist
William James
President of APA - studied under James
Calkins
PHD in psychology
Washburn
Looking through the eyes of the observer and eyes of doer of behavior
Humanistic psychology
Environment affects vs. genetics
Nature vs. Nurture
Survival of the fittest
Natural selection
Biological, psychological, social cultural perspectives
Levels of Analysis
How evolution affects psychology
Evolutionary perspective
Role of genetics on behavior
Behavior genetics perspective
Focuses on brain and nervous system
Neuroscience perspective
Study of unconscious mind
Psychodynamic perspective
Focused on learned behaviors
Behavioral perspective
Mental thought processes
Cognitive perspective
Awareness of individuals and how environment affects behavior
Social cultural perspective
Systematic study to gain a greater knowledge
Basic research
Scientific study applied to solve problems
Applied research
Uses biology to study behavior of humans
Biological psychologists
Study of changes that occur throughout the course of life
Developmental psychologists
Study of attention, language, memory, thinking
Cognitive psychologists
Study of variations in personality
Personality psychologists
Study of thoughts, behavior, feelings influenced by others
Social psychologists
Counseling process and outcome/prevention and health/ strengths and weaknesses
Counseling psychology
Assessment and treatment/ prevention of mental disorders
Clinical psychology
Study of treatment and mental illnesses
Psychiatry
