What is psychology Flashcards
What does psychology study?
The behaviour of organisms
What are the three aspects of behaviour?
Cognitive processes, emotional states, and actions.
What is Cognitive Process?
Refer to what individuals think and how.
What are the Types of Cognitive Processes?
1- attention 2- language 3- learning 4- memory 5- perception 6- thought
What is organisms?
Any living creature.
What is science?
it bases its conclusions on data, information obtained by systematic observations.
What is the definition of the modern psychology?
It is the science that studies the behav- ior of organisms.
What does The Greek word psyche mean?
Soul. psychology was the “study of the soul.”
This was the meaning given by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
What did William James define psychology as?
The science of mental life.
What’s the first psychology school that has been established?
structuralism.
What are the four scientific psychology goals?
(1) describe, (2) explain, (3) predict, and (4) control behaviour.
As a scientific discipline, psychology is only a little over how many years old?
120 years.
The first psychological laboratory was founded in 1879 by…
Wilhelm Wundt
According to Wundt, the primary purpose of psychology is to study…
the structure of consciousness.
What does Gestalt mean in Germany?
pattern, configuration, and organized whole.
Why did Watson say that the mind can’t be studied by science?
because it can’t be observed.
What is Behaviorism?
It is a founding personality.
Who Founded Functionalists?
William James
What is Functionalists?
sought to explain the mental processes in a more systematic and accurate manner
What are The Five Classical Schools of Psychology?
1- Structuralism 2- Introspection 3- Functionalists 4- Behaviorism 5- Psychoanalysis
