1 Psychology The study of mind and behavior
2 Behavior Every measurable internal and external activity a living things does.
3 Research, Research, Research For Psychologists to understand human behavior and help people, they must first conduct research. Basic functions of a research psychologist: 1.Conducting research. 2.Studying the brains influence on behavior 3.Making measurements to discover relationships. 4.Depend on the scientific method to study behaviors.
4 Types of Psychology Each are classified as one of two types: 1.Basic research (example adolescents need more sleep) 2.Applied Psychology (In Minnesota this research resulted in being applied to the school system by having junior high and high schools start later in the morning and test scores went up)
5 5 Major Psychological Perspectives Biological Perspective A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings and thoughts.
6 Learning ( or Behavioral) Perspective A psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a person’s or animal’s actions.
7 Cognitive Perspective A psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior.
8 Psychodynamic Perspective A psychological approach that emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy. This approach often utilizes psychoanalysis – treatment for mental illness that emphasizes unconscious emotions and conflicts.
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Term | Definition the ability and willingness to assess claims and make judgements on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence rather than emotion or anecdote. | |
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Term Critical Thinking Guide lines | | Definition ask questionsdefine your termsexamine the evidenceanalyze assumptions and biasesdont oversimplify consider other interpretations tolerate uncertainty
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Term | Definition The now-discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits. which can be "read"from bumps on the wall | |
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Term | Definition An early psychological approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements E.B T | |
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Term Sociocultural perspective | | Definition A psychological approach that emphasizes social and cultural influence on behavior | |
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Term Psychodynamic perspective | | Definition A psychological approach that emphasizes unconscious dynamic within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy | |
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Term | Definition A field of psychology emphasizing evolutionary mechanism that may help explain human commonalities in cognition, development, emotion, social practices, and other areas of behavior. | |
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Term | Definition A psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a persons or animals actions Behaviorism and social- cognitive learning theories | |
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Term | Definition a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory , language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior | |
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Term | Definition a theory if personality and a method of psychotherapy originally formed by Sigmund freud unconscious motives and conflicts | |
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Term | Definition fact..Relying on or derived from observation, experimentation or measurement. | |
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Term | Definition the now-discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read from bumps on the skull | |
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Term | Definition An early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness Sigmund Freud | |
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Term | Definition A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts | |
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Term | Definition A psychological approach that analyzes the influence of social inquiries on gender relations and on the behavior of he two sexes. | |
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Term | Definition The study of psychological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application. | |
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Term | Definition The study of psychological issues that have direct practical significance; also, the application of psychological findings. | |
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Term | Definition The discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how hey are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment; the term is often represented by | |
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Term | Definition A psychological approach that emphasizes free will, personal growth, resilience, and the achievement of human potential | |
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