Types Of Psych Flashcards
Experimental
Study natures of basic processes like learning, memory, emotion etc…companies hire people for their marketing and public Opinion Exs:Pavlova dog or little Albert
Developmental
Study of behavior whitin an age period, largest field so broken into subtypes
Clinical
Study diagnose, cause, treatment or disorders
Showing pictures to cure someone of somthing
Industrial
Study the natures of humans at work(scientific management) make the work place efficient but can cause problems to workers
Environmental
Study of environment on humans
Cities Vs. Country side
Consumer
Focuses on the nature of human consumers, what makes people by certain things
Success- nikes “just do it”
Failure- “herb the nerd” Burger King
Defense mechanisms: denial
Not wanting to believe something
Defense mechanisms: Displacement
Taking out impulses on a less threatening target
Defense mechanisms: intellectualization
Avoiding emotions… Acting like nothing happened
Defense mechanisms: projection
Placing unacceptable impulses in yourself into another … When losing a argument you say “your stupid”
Defense mechanisms: rationalization
Supplying a logical reason as opposed to the real reason… Making excuses… I failed because the teacher hates me vs. You really didn’t study
Defense mechanisms: reaction formation
Covering true feelings by doing opposite…I hate blacks so I have support them fully
Defense mechanisms: Regression
Acting like a kid
Defense mechanisms: repression
Pulling into the unconscious… Trauma-forgetting
Defense mechanisms: Sublimation
Acting out a bad trait in a socially accepted way… Great at fighting, you’d become a pro boxer