Week 1

Question 1

Define psychology as a scientific discipline?

Answer 1

Mental process
Behaviour
And their interaction.

Question 2

Define structuralism?

Answer 2

Wilhelm Wundt

To study conscious experience and its structure.

Question 3

Define Gestalt psychology?

Answer 3

Max Wertheimer
To describe the organisation of mental process
“The whole is different from the sum of its parts”

Question 4

Define Psychoanalysis?

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Explains personality and behaviours from subconscious effect.

Question 5

Define functionalism?

Answer 5

How the mind allows an organism to adapt to its environment. The role of conscious in guiding peoples ability to make decisions and solve problems.

Question 6

Define behaviourism?

Answer 6

John B Watson and B F Skinner
Study observable behaviour and explain behaviour through learning principles. Reward and punishment shape maintain and change behaviour.

Question 7

Describe the Biological approach?

Answer 7

behaviours and behavioural disorders are seen as a result of physical processes (hormones, other chemicals, genetics).

Question 8

Describe the evolutionary approach?

Answer 8

emphasises the ways in which behaviours are adaptable for survival.

Question 9

Describe the Psycho dynamic approach?

Answer 9

Freud- the interplay of the unconscious mental processes in determining human thought, feelings, and behaviour in the present.

Question 10

Describe the behavioural approach?

Answer 10

Behaviour is determined by what we learn (especially rewards and punishment) (i.e. Aggression= mirroring or verbal stimulus).

Question 11

Describe the Cognitive approach?

Answer 11

How we take in, mentally represent and store information, perceive and process information and how these cognitive processes affect behaviour. Focus is on mental steps and leaps and recall to explain behaviour.

Question 12

Describe the Humanistic approach?

Answer 12

Client centred with active listening. Positive psychology based. This approach normally assumes people are mostly good with the potential to reach highest potential.

Question 13

What are the training requirements for a clinical psychologist in Australia?

Answer 13

Undergraduate Bachelors 3
Honours 1
Masters 2

Question 14

What are the major areas of work in Psychology in Australia?

Answer 14

Engineering
Developmental
Clinical
Counselling
Community
Education
Forensic
Health
Social
Sports