Psychologists
Who was responsible for the studies of child development?
Jean Piaget
Define hypothesis.
a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
Summarize the findings of B.F. skinner’s conducted studies.
He theorized that a person's behavior is influenced by a person's history of rewards and punishments.
Compare an educational psychologist to a community psychologist.
An educational psychologist is concerned with helping students learn and a community psychologist works in mental health and welfare services.
Name four psychologists in history that we covered in class.
Carl Rogers, B.F. Skinner, John Be Watson, Sigmund Freud, Ivan Pavlov, etc.
What does a psychologist do?
Possible answers:
Conduct scientific studies of behavior and brain function.
Observe, interview, and survey individuals.
Identify psychological, emotional, behavioral, or organizational issues and diagnose disorders.
Research and identify behavioral or emotional patterns.
Define the definition of a psychologist.
an expert or specialist in psychology.
Summarize the impact of William James’ studies to the field of education.
Because of James, the first psychology class was taught, propelling psychology in education forward and opening a door for more studies to be done in present time.
Connect the relation between mental and physical health?
Mental and physical health rely on each other to maintain their health. If someone has bad mental health, their physical health will decrease and vice versa.
USe context clues to list the birth dates of these three psychologists: Carl Rogers, Noam Chomsky, and John B. Watson.
Carl (1902), Noam (1929), John (1878)
Differentiate Piaget's and Freud's theory
Piaget theorized that there are different child developmental stages while Freud theorized the relationships with parents.
Define the definition of psychiatry.
a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
Compare Galen’s hypothesis about personalities to what we know about personalities now, and why we know his theory to be incorrect.
(We know now that the phlegm your body produces does not define your personality. We know it is not true because of studies that have proven his theory false.
Develop a logical argument with reasoning as to who out of the psychologists we presented made the most stride in the field of psychology.
(can be any answer with reasoning) Ex. I believe that Jean Piaget made the most strides in his work because he changed the way that we view children and also the way that we teach children as well. We gained a better understanding of how the mind grows as someone gets older and opened a new window to how the mind works.
What year was Wilhelm Wundt born?
1832
Critique Sigmund Frued theory, and why was it unreliable?
Freud lacked data to back his theory and his clinical data was flawed and inaccurate.
Summarize a situation where you would use your cognitive skills.
At school, taking a test, ETC.
Predict how our world might be different if Pavlov did not conduct his experiment?
If Pavlov did not conduct his experiment then the knowledge of behaviorism would be close to none.
Analyze why psychologists use the scientific method.
It is a convenient method that fits perfectly into the process that psychologists use the develop their theories
Draw a conclusion as to why in the A.D. period, they used poisonous herbs to make someone feel better? And what did they believe it to do?
They used poisonous herbs so that the patient would throw up, they believed that it would balance out the humors to make them feel better again.
Analyze how Galen’s theory (the four humors affecting your personality), though disproven, contributed to society.
Galen’s basic theory contributed to show how a healthy personality is achieved through balance in life and all four humors.
Compare a hypothesis to a theory.
A hypothesis is an educated guess based on what's GOING to happen. A theory is an explanation based on what HAD happened.
Connect the 1897 experiment of classical conditioning with Pavlov's dog to current practices?
Training animals for movies, treating phobias, ETC.
Compare a psychologist who uses applied science to one that uses basic science.
One who uses basic science is theory driven and tries to understand why. One that uses applied science uses those theories to come up with innovative solutions.
Who published the idea that Earth was not in the center of the universe?
Nicolas Copernicus