what is psychology

Question 1

what do psychologists study/observe?

Answer 1

behaviours & mental processes

Question 2

How do we study or find out about mental processes and behaviours?

Answer 2

we experience/ observe our own behaviours or mental processes or we ask people about their experiences/observations regarding mental processes and or behaviours

Question 3

what does experience involve?

Answer 3

memory, desire, anticipation, relations with others, cultural patterns, bodily feelings, sights, smells and sounds

Question 4

experience

Answer 4

complex, combines past, present and future

Question 5

psychology

Answer 5

scientific study of individuals behaviours and their mental processes, depending on empirical evidence

Question 6

structuralism

Answer 6

Wilhelm Wundt - experimental psych, the “what” of mental contents - you can study conscious experience if you break it down to its underlying elements or structure

Question 7

functionalism

Answer 7

William James - believed that the mind could not be broken down to elements because it is much more complex - “how” the mind functions and adapts to demands of the environment

Question 8

Psychoanalysis

Answer 8

Sigmond Freud
based on unconscious mental processes, while various and often in conflict - deal with hidden conflict by bringing contents of your unconscious into the open consciousness

Question 9

what are the6 basic perspectives in psychology?

Answer 9

biological
learning
cognitive
sociocultural
psychodynamic
humanist

Question 10

5 types of psychologists

Answer 10

social
developmental
neuropsychological
cognitive
clinical