Unit 1: methods and research Flashcards

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cognitive approach

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Emphasizes the role played by THOUGHTS in determining behavior. Cognitive psychologists study MENTAL PROCESSES to understand human behavior.

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Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Gordon Allport, Loftus, Bech

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famous cognitive psychologist

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HUMANISTIC APPROACH

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Emphasizes the importance of self awareness, making PERSONAL CHOICES, based on experiences, IMPROVEMENT, GETTING BETTER, SELF-ESTEEM. People choose to act the way they do

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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Famous Humanists:

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PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH

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Emphasizes that UNCONSCIOUS forces determine our behavior. Experiences in our CHILDHOOD provide feelings, impulses, and instincts that are REPRESSED (pushed out of consciousness).
These unconscious forces come out later in life. Come about due to conflicts in our unconscious to satisfy wishes or needs (food, sex, aggression, etc.) and restrictions put on by society.

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Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung

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Famous Psychoanalyst

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SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH

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Emphasizes the role of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior. Study how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures.

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Paul Eckerd, Phillip Zimbardo, Solomon Asch, Stanley Milgram

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Famous Socioculturalists:

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EVOLUTIONARY/SOCIOBIOLOGICAL APPROACH

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Behavioral genes are passed down from generation to generation (started with Darwin)
NATURE V. NURTURE issues: Do we inherit our behavior or do we learn from the environment we are around?

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