Schools Of Pyscology Flashcards by Vivian Bishop

The school of pyscology founded by John B Watson that defines pyscology as the scientific study of observable behavior

Behaviorism

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the school of pyscology founded by William James that emphasizes the purpose or behavior and mental process

Functionalism

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

In pyscology, what perspective focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in personality formation, behavior and mental processes

Sociocultural perspective

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who investigated positive and negative reinforcement for learned behavior

BF skinner

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is an examination of one’s own thoughts ans feelings

Introspection

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What school of pyscology founded by Wilhelm wundt maintains the conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings

Strucuralism

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is an observable and measurable actions of people and animals

Behavior

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who was the psychologist who wprte the first modern book of pyscology, principles of pyscology in 1890

William James

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the perspective of pyscology that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior

Pyschodynamic perspective

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the psychological point of veiw that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior

Learning perspective

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who founded psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is private, unobserveable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving

Cognitive activity

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes

Gestalt psychology

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who founded structuralism and is the first modern pyscologist

Wilhelm wundt

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who founded behaviorism

John B watson

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior

Biological perspective

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the school of pyscology, founded by sigmund Freud. That emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinates of human behavior

Pyscodynamic

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is research that is conducted for its own sake, that is, without seeking a solution to a specific problem

Basic research

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Pyscology

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who opened the 1st experimental pyscology lab

Wilhelm wundt

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Who wrote the 1st modern book of pyscology

William James

Who founded pyscoanalysis

Sigmund Freud

Who founded Functionalism

William James

Who introduces structuralism

Edward Titchener

Who wrote "the Reflex Arc Concept in pyscology"

William James

Who wrote "manual of experimental pyscology"

Edward Titchener

Who founded behaviorism and wrote "pyscology as a behavior"

John b watson

Who publishes "the behavior of prganisms"

B F skinner

Who lead humanism

Carl Roger's and Abraham maslow

What was the first modern book of pyscology called

Principles of psychology

Helps people with challenges ( emotional, vocational, marriage)

Counseling pyscologists

Treats mental, emotional and behavioral disorders

Clinical pyscologists

Medical doctors who can prescribed medicine

Psychiatrist

Studies the effects of environment on behavior, Ex extrême temperature, noise

Environmental pyscologists

Studies the behavior of shoppers to explain and predict behavior

Consumer pyscologists

Helps students with problems learning

School pyscologists

Advises in the field of law and acts as an expert witness to testify at in trials

Forensic psychologist

Studies the link between pyscology and our physical health

Health pyscologists

Studies and helps students in schools

Educational pyscologists

Study and advise on behavior in the workplace

Industrial/organisation pyscologists

Explores how people influence one another

Social pyscologists

Investigate our persistent traits

Personality pyscologists

Changes in people as we age, from womb to tomb

Developmental pyscologists

study of how our brain affects the way we think, feel, and behave.

Neuropyschology

study how our minds work. They focus on things like thinking, learning, remembering, and solving problems to understand why we behave the way we do.

Cognitive pyscologists

Biological processes influence behavior and mental processes. Nervous system, glands, hormones, brain

Biological perspective

Interpretation of mental images, thinking and language and memory, perception and thoughts influence behavior

Cognitive perspective

Self concept, people make free and conscious choices focuses on goals and positive

Humanistic perspective

Unconscious processes, early childhood experiences focuses on the Unconscious, childhood and sex, and uses dream interpretation and hypnosis

Pyscoanalysis perspective

Uses reinforcement, punishment and modeling to show where behavior comes from

Behavior perspective

Ethnicity, gender, culture, religion, socio economic status

Sociocultural perspective

The evolutionary perspective examines how inherited behaviors and mental processes that enhanced survival and reproduction have developed through natural selection

Evolutionary perspective