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What is psychology?

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The scientific study of human mind + behaviour

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What are the two early perspectives?

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Structuralism and functionalism

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What is the structuralist perspective?

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Mental state is influenced by the structures of the brain

Human consciousness could be broken down into smaller parts (structures). Using a process known as introspection

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What is the functionalist perspective?

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Mental state is influenced by how/why an organism functions

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What is introspection?

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Examination/observation of one’s own thoughts and emotions

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Why is introspection inaccurate?

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Unreliable data, cannot be measured

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What is a psychoanalytic approach?

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Made conscious the unconscious thoughts, behaviours and memories

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What is a behaviourist approach?

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Behaviours learned through interaction with the environment (B.F. Skinner)

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What is a Humanistic approach?

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Importance of subject experience and personal growth

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What is a Cognitive approach?

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Scientific lab-based approach

Application to memory, perception, cognitive development, mental illness etc

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What are the goals of psychology?

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To describe, to explain, to predict & to change

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What is epistemology?

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The philosophical study of human knowledge

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Who pioneered structuralism?

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Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)

Termed by his student Edward Titchener

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Who pioneered functionalism?

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American psychologist William James (1842-1910)

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Who pioneered psychoanalysis?

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

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What is free association?

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The expression of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes.

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Who is the father of psychology?

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American Philosopher, William James

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What was psychology’s first school of thought?

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Structuralism

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Who were the early philosophers?

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Socrates > Plato > Aristotle

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Who introduced the idea of dualism?

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Rene Descartes, 17th century

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What is dualism?

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Asserted that the mind and body were two entities that interact to form the human experience.

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When did psychology emerge as a separate discipline?

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The late 1800s

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Who pioneered behaviouralism

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Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov

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What is classical conditioning?

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Behaviours could be learned via conditioned associations.

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Who pioneered the humanist theory?

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American psychologist Carl Rogers

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What humanistic theory did Abraham Maslow contribute?

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Hierarchy of needs

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Who is the founder of child psychoanalysis?

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Anna Freud

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