Psyc Ch.1 Flashcards
Psycology
The science of behavior and mental processes
Humanistic psychology
Afte1960
Carl rogers and Abraham Maslow
Need for love and acceptance
Environmental influences
Nurture
Aristotle
john locke
Behavioral
How we learn observable responses
Psychodynamic
How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Sympathetic magic
Dart game
Mary Calkins
Mentored by James
Memory research
First female president of APA
Margaret Washburn
Wrote The Animal Mind
Became second female president of APA
Behaviorists
Watson and Skinner
Dismissed introspection and said psychology is observable
1960s
Freudian psychology
Unconscious and childhood experiences
1960s
Basic psycology
Build psychology’s base knowledge
Community psychology
Make environment better for all.
Applied research
Tackling practical problems
Counseling phycologists
Help people cope
Psychiatrists
Treat disorders
Provide drugs
Clinical psychology
Treat disorders
Nature
Plato
Rene descartes
Psychology’s three mane levels of analysis
Biopsychosocial
Biology psycology and sociology
Cognitive
How we encode, process, store, and retrive info.
Early paycology theorys
Structuralism: titcher, introspection not reliable, popularity waned.
Functionalism: James, considered evolution of consciousness, wrote principles of psycology.
Achievement motivation
Atkinson 1964 T= m+ p+i Motive Probability of success Incentive
Cognitive neuroscience
Brain activity and underlying mental activity.
First psyc experiment and lab
Wundt, 1879, germany, leipzig
Hearing ball hit floor
“Here sound” - 1/10th second
“Conscious of sound” -2/10the sec
Neuroscience
How the body and brain enable emotions, memories and sensory experiences
Behavior genetics
How our genes and our environment influence our individual differences.
Social- cultural
How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
