What is Psychology
History of Psychology
Foundations of Psychology
Gestalt Psychology
Psychological Theories
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What is the definition of Psychology.
The scientific study of human behavior and mental processes.
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Ancient Greeks and people of the middle ages believed that mental health issues where because of...
Supernatural force: demons, possession, sprits, witchcraft.
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Structuralists believed that the human mind functioned by combining _________ and _________ sensations of experience.
Objective and subjective
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Name this Gestalt Principle
Figure-Ground
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What does do cognitive psychologists compare the brain to?
A computer
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What are the main goals of psychology?
Explaining, Predicting and Controlling Behavior
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What is the water float test
Individuals who were suspected of being possessed were thrown into deep water.
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Functionalists were concerned with how mental processes help organisms _______ to their environment.
Adapt
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Name this Gestalt Principle
Proximity
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Which perspective states that behavior is learned either from direct experience or by observing other people.
Learning behavior
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Two methods to research.
Surveys and experimentation
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Name 2 pioneers of psychology.
Wilhelm Wundt (Structuralism), William James (Functionalism) and Sigmund Freud (Psychoanalysis), John B. Watson (Behaviorism), B. F. Skinner (Reinforcement)
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Behaviorism is defined as the study of _______
______.
observable behavior
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Name this Gestalt Principle
Similarity
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What is the biological perspective?
study the influence of genes on personality traits, psychological health and behavior patterns.
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Name examples of mental processes
Dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories.
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This ancient Greek philosopher focused of introspection. He suggested that we can learn much about ourselves by carefully examining our own thoughts and feelings.
Socrates
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Reinforcement is when someone is reinforced, or rewarded, for performing an action, it is more likely to ___________________________________.
Perform that action again in the future.
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Name this Gestalt Principle
Continuity
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What does the evolutionary perspective focuses on?
the evolution of behavior and mental processes.
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What is the critique psychologists have for studying animals?
Only by studying humans can you learn about morality, values and love.
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This Greek Philosopher outlined the laws of associationism
(the theory that our understanding of the world occurs through ideas experiences are associated with similar sensory experiences and perceptions).
Aristotle
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Sigmund Freud founded psychoanalysis where he believes unconscious motives and internal conflicts are key to determining and understanding ______ _______.
human behavior
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What are the 6 principles of Gestalt?
Figure-Ground, Similarity, Proximity, Continuity, Closure, Symmetry
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What is the contemporary perspectives influenced by?
Work of the earlier pioneers of Psychology. Behaviorism, structuralism, functionalism and etc.