Test 1 Flashcards
Free will vs deter ism
Do we have free choice or things determins by external behavior
Free/meant to be
Psychology
Study of human behavior and experience
Mind vs body
Is mind independent if the body or is it produced by the brain (part of body)
Soul/brain
Nature vs nurture
What accounts most for individual differences: heredity or environment
Biopsychosocial model
Physical/ mental wellness is a function of three interconnected factors 1) biological factors
2) social factors
3) psychological factors
- copying styles
Wilhelm Wundt 1832-1929
Founded first psy lab in 1879 at the U of Leipzig
Edward titchener 1867-1927
English, in 1890 went to study under wundt, came to US in 1892 (cornell university) , structuralist,
Structuralism
Understanding mental by breaking the mind into parts, ex given an apple look at sixpence, color, shape, introspection,
William James
1st American born psychologist, brother of novelist Henry James, taught 1st psy coursed at Harvard, functionalist
Functionalist
Understand mind and how it produces useful behavior, focus on adaptive mental functions, fear useful
G Stanley hall - functionalist
Influential functionalist, American eared pH d under James at Harvard , later studied under Wundt, established John Hopkins university
Sigmunf freud
Past experience effect, unconscious thought , feelings, ect influence present behavior, behaviorist
John b Watson
PH d Chicago, father of behaviorism
Behaviorism
Study what is observable and measurable, introduces stimulus response until cognitive psy
Edward tool an
Rat experiments with mazes
Ivan Pavlov
Russian Watson, first identified learning principle of classical conditioning– smell reminds you, won Nobel, dog and food behavior
Bf skinner
Most influential and prominent radical behaviorism
Carl Rogers
Humanistic psy, Therapy techniques used today
Scientific methods
1) hypothesis
2) method- what approach
3) results
4) interpretation- was hypo supported
5) disseminate findings p- share with others
Replication
Research that obtain that can provide the same methodology
EX) Mozart effect with pregnant people but this is wrong way
Falsification
Ability to disprove a theory because it makes relationship amongst variables
Ex) 300 makes kids violent, clowns red nose
Independent variable
Manipulates/ controls the experiment
Dependent variable
Measures to detect the change in he participant
Peripheral
Everything other than the brain/ spinal cord two divisions
