Week 2 Lecture Perspectives on Behaviour

Question 1

What is mind-body dualism?

Answer 1

the belief that the mind is a spiritual entity not subject to the physical laws that govern the body.

Question 2

Who coined psychodynamics?

Answer 2

freud

Question 3

What are the mental properties of the brain?

Answer 3

• thoughts ideas, etc.

Question 4

What are physical properties of the brain?

Answer 4

• physical properties size, shape, texture, neurochemistry, eletrical signals etc.

Question 5

What is a freudian slip?

Answer 5

an unintentional error usually in speech that is thought to reveal unconscious processes

Question 6

What is socio-cultural perspective?

Answer 6

How behaviour changes based off interactions with different people.
peoples thoughts and actions are influenced by cultural factors, like stereotypes, cultural norms, media, and racial differences.

Question 7

What is the psychodynamic perspective?

Answer 7

normal and pathological personality development in terms of the unconcious dynamics of the mind.

Unconcious mind controls our thoughts and actions

Question 8

Who coined behavioural perspective?

Answer 8

Pavlov, Watson, Skinner

Question 9

what is humanistic perspective?

Answer 9

Focus on humans and motivations for behaviour and what is driving us to meet our full potential or self-actualization this may be a reason for determining our behaviour

We are all striving to be the best we can be

Question 10

What is perspectives?

Answer 10

1. Guides to understanding
2. Viewpoints to understanding behaviour
3. Each considers different components to be important
4. Provide history and context for study of psychology

Behaviour has diverse causes
Differing perspectives enrich our understanding

Question 11

What are the 6 main perspectives in psychology?

Answer 11

Question 12

What is structuralism?

Answer 12

focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic elements that make up the mind.

Question 13

Who coined structuralism?

Answer 13

wundt & titchener

Question 14

who coined mind-body dualism?

Answer 14

Rene Descartes

Question 15

What is behavioural perspective?

Answer 15

People will only change their behavior if there are incentives to do so

Explains human behaviour in terms of conditioning and reinforcement. It focuses on how we learn certain behaviours. We are more likely to do things because of positive outcomes over negative outcomes.

Question 16

What is cognitive perspective?

Answer 16

any aspect of behaviour as taking in input from stimulus and then processing and storing that stimulus and then an output as result of that processing and storage. Used to figure out how we think and store info.

input > processing/storage > output

Question 17

Who coined functionalism?

Answer 17

James

Question 18

What are the levels of analysis in psychology?

Answer 18

Question 19

What is functionalism?

Answer 19

theory about the nature of mental states. According to functionalism, mental states are identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of

particular regions, such as cerebellum, and it contribute to behaviour by engaging to complex movements.

Question 20

What is the biological perspective?

Answer 20

a way of looking at psychological issues by studying the physical basis behavior involving such things as studying the brain, immune system, nervous system, and genetics.

Question 21

What is monism?

Answer 21

attributes oneness or singleness to a concept