Week 1 Flashcards
4 Foundations in Psychology
Biological, cognitive, behavioural and psychoanalytical
biofeedback method
biological response (sitting position, face position etc) affects your mood and others moods because we reflect peoples moods
What happens with physiological needs and brain in a biological manner?
- 70-80% of oxygen goes to your brain, if you eat less it’ll go to your brain more and your stomach digestion process
- Can determine psychological needs through body (thyroid issues, BODY is in panicked state etc)
- DNA doesn’t establish who you are
What system is affected most?
Nervous system
Brain
Physical thing with neuron’s and pathways
Behaviour is created by…
Environment and conditioning
Behaviour with environment and conditioning creates…
- Habits
- Product of the stories that we were told (however the stories we tell ourselves are more important)
Example and fact of behaviour
Example:
- STOP experiment
Fact:
- if you constantly routine yourself to habits, you’re thinking like an animal
What is cognitives main focus?
I make my own choices, I can control everything about my own life, and my reactions
Mind
Intellectual and psychological aspect of the brain
Gestalt theory
School of thought that looks at behaviour and mind as whole that emphasizes process of patterns and configurations
(Played role in development of modern sensation and perception)
Psychoanalytic parts
- Conscious
- Unconscious
- Semi-conscious
- ID
- EGO
- SUPEREGO
What does psychoanalytic touch on?
- Enforcement of gender norms and roles (girls feel more guilt then boys, and are met with social pressure etc)
- The abused becomes the abuser (never developed an EGO)
- Based off of circumstances that “this is all you are”
Who created psychoanalytic?
Freud
Ethics in Psychology
- Beneficence: (do good, no harm)
- Responsibility
- Integrity: (in practice and research, honest and accuracy)
- Justice
- Respect for rights and dignity (publishing information, and patient confidentiality)
