PSYCHOLOGY'S ROOTS
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE DEVELOPS
PSYCHOLOGY'S SUBFIELDS
PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY DEVELOPS
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The term psychology comes from this greek word, meaning mind.

What is PSYCHE?

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"Psychology's biggest question", which tries to figure out the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
What is NATURE-NURTURE ISSUE?
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Psychologists who do basic research. Most are faculty members at a college or university.

What is Experimental Psychologists?

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Studies the links between biological and psychological processes.
What is BIOLOGICAL PSYCH?
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Psychology became its own recognized field in this century.

What is the 19th Century (1800s)

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Early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the mind.
What is STRUCTURALISM?
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Principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
What is NATURAL SELECTION?
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This sub-field usually overlaps with experimental psychologists, but the emphasis is on the fact that they are staff and faculty at schools and universities.

What is EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS?

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Study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection.
What is EVOLUTIONARY PSYCH?
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Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth.
What is HUMANISTIC PSYCH?
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View that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
What is BEHAVIORISM?
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The First Man to call himself a psychologist?

Who is Wilhelm Wundt?

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This group uses knoweldge developed by experimental psychologists to address human problems such as training, equipment design, and psychological treatment.

What is Applied Psychologists?

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Scientific study of observable behavior.
What is BEHAVIORAL PSYCH?
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Science of behavior and mental processes.

What is PSYCHOLOGY?

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School of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function.
What is FUNCTIONALISM?
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Differing complementary views for analyzing any given phenomenon.
What are LEVELS OF ANALYSIS?
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A more recent field, this looks at how a person's background, interactions and attitudes can influence their behavior. 

What is Socio-cultural Psychology?

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Studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior.
What is PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCH?
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Psychology grew out of these two older studies, one focusing on the mind, and one on the body.

What are philosophy and physiology?  

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This man believed that childhood experiences affected how adults behave.
Who is FREUD?
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Integrated approach to levels of analysis for studying psychology. Contains three areas.

What is the Bio-psycho-social approach?

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Branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders. Practiced by physicians who often provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy.
What is PSYCHIATRY?
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Scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
What is COGNITIVE PSYCH?
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"Father of functionalism".
Who is WILLIAM JAMES?
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