Week 1: Introducing Psychology Flashcards
What does the ‘Broca’s area’ control
Broca’s area involves producing speech
What is psychology
Scientific investigation of mental process( thinking, remembering, feeling) and behaviour
What does ‘Wernicke’s area’ control
Wernicke’s area controls comprehending language
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
- established the first psychological laboratory
* uncovered ‘introspection’ which is the process of looking inwards
What is free will - determinism
If our behaviour is because of our own choice or if it’s determine by outside forces
What is paradigm
A broad system of theoretical assumptions employed by a scientific community
What is the biological approach
It’s known as behavioural neuroscience, which seeks to understand the mind through understanding the anatomy and physiology activity
What is the psychodynamic approach
Believes that the conscious and unconscious forces interact to control our thoughts and behaviours.
- Freud
What is behaviourist approach
Believes that environment stimuli control behaviour through learning or conditioning.
- B F Skinner
What is the humanistic approach
Focuses on the uniqueness of the individual.
- Carl Rodgers
What is cognitive approach
Focuses on mental process, the storing and retrieved of information and language
- Rene Descartes
What is the evolutionary approach
Believes that human social behaviours and psychological functions evolved due to natural selection thus determined their survival.
- Charles Darwin
What is the Functionalist approach
Views that consciousness serves a purpose in order for an individual to function and organise the world
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What is structuralist approach
Views the contents of the mind through the method of introspection to uncover the basic elements of conscious
Describe ‘maslow’s hierarchy of needs’
Triangle
- bottom basic needs
physiological needs ( food, water, warmth, rest)
Safety needs
-middle psychological needs
Esteem needs
Belongingness and love
-Top self fulfilment needs
Self actualisation
