QUIZ 1 Flashcards
What is Clinical Psychology?
Branch of psychology that studies human behavior problems
What is Experimental Psychology?
Branch of psychology that studies research behaviours and the nervous system
What does the Greek root word “psyche” mean, in terms of psychology?
Breath / “Spirit”
Has psychology always been a science? If so or not, why?
No, psychology has never always been a science.
It used to be a philosophical discussion that laid out testable scientific hypotheses.
Name all 6 Concepts and approaches in early psychology.
SPEND B
Dualism, Nativism, Structuralism, Phrenology, Behaviourism, Empiricism
Which philosophical approach was Wundt,Titchener associated with?
Structuralism
What is structuralism? Which philosopher is involved with this?
( Wundt, Titchener ) The philosophical approach is to try and figure out how people made sense of the world,
Used introspection, to attempt how the mind worked
What is introspection, and what is it mainly associated with?
Introspection is asking people about their inner experiences, highly associated with structuralism
What philosopher is Rene Descartes associated with?
Dualism
Explain the meaning of dualism
Dualism was an approach that the mind and body were separated, that some behaviors happened without thought, philosophical approach
What is phrenology? Explain who this was proposed by
Franz Josef Gall in the 1800s
Each part of the brain controlled a different part of your own personality
Can detect relative behaviors through bumps on your head.
Was Dualism a philosophy or a science? why or why not?
Philosophy, focus was argument not explaining
What is Empiricism? Who was involved?
The approach that mind as a “blank state” focused on observation
John Locke
What is a priori knowledge?
Born with, acquired independently of any particular experience
What is a posterior knowledge
Gained through experience
