Psychology Schools
Focus on mental processes is called
Cognitivism
What is the first goal of psychology?
Describe
Non-numeric data collected to do research is called
Qualitative
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour is called
Psychology
First stage of the history of Psychology is called
Pre-scientific stage
Who said people have innate tendency to self-actualize
Carl Rogers
What is second goal of psychology?
Explain
Collecting numeric data for a study is called
Quantitative
The word 'Psyche' was first coined by who?
Aristotle
Psychology roots began in which discipline?
Philosophy
A psychologist who studies only observable behaviour is practicing what school of thought
Behaviourism
What is third goal of psychology?
Predict
A research that has both numeric and non-numeric data is called
Mixed research/Mixed-Method research
Mental states that are studied based upon what they do not what they are made of is called
Functionalism
Who was the first person to be called a psychologist?
Wilhelm Wundt
Psychoanalysis was started by who
Sigmund Freud
What is fourth goal of psychology
Change/improve
What is a correlation designed study
A non-experimental study seeking to understand the relationship between two or more variables.
Influence of the unconscious mind on behaviour is called.
Psychoanalytic/Psychoanalysis
First psychology laboratory was started in which country?
Germany
Structuralism was a school of thought focused on
Basic elements of the mind
The first goal of Psychology is to describe behaviour. Explain
Describing the nature of the behaviour
What is the scientific method?
The systematic, empirically based investigation of phenomena (mind or behaviour)
Studying the basic elements of the mind is called?
Structuralism
Who started Behaviourism?
John B. Watson