Degrees in Psychology
Most common degree earned in psychology after 4 years of college
What is BA/BS?
Father of psychology
Who is Wundt?
Father of psychoanalysis; concerned with unconscious influences behind our thoughts and behaviors.
Who is Freud?
Pillar encompassing topics of neuroscience and consciousness
What is Biological?
Perspective that focuses on the unconscious influences of our behaviors, tracing most problems to childhood trauma
What is Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytical?
Degree earned after 1-2 years of study after graduating from college.
What is MA/MS (Masters Degree)
First school of psychology focused on uncovering the parts of consciousness.
What is structuralism?
Behavioralist most known for his theory of instrumental/operant conditioning; worked frequently with pigeons and rats.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Pillar encompassing memory, intelligence and problem solving
What is Cognitive?
Perspective that focuses on observable actions only arguing that we can not understand what goes on inside the black box of our mind.
What is behavioral?
Degree earned after 4-5 years of continued study after college plus a written dissertation.
What is a PhD?
Early approach used in structuralism in which subjects described in great detail as objectively as possible their conscious experience.
What is introspection?
Who is Jean Piaget?
Pillar associated with learning, language and lifespan psychology
What is Developmental?
Perspective that attempts to understand what is going on inside the black box of our mind; often compares the mind to a computer.
What is cognitive?
Degree earned after 4-5 years of post-college graduate work plus an internship
What is a PsyD?
The root of evolutionary psychology that focused on the purposes behind what we think and do.
What is functionalism?
Humanist who developed the pyramid of human needs.
Who is Maslow?
What is Social & Personality?
Perspective that is most interested in understanding people as a whole; that we are each unique and special with tremendous potential.
What is Humanism?
Non-psychology degree that those practicing psychiatry or providing therapy may have (two options)
What is a MD (medical degree) or LCSW (licensed clinical social worker)?
Can see influence in both Cognitive and Humanist traditions today; introduced idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
What is Gestalt Psychology?
First American Psychologist; Promoted functionalist school of psychology.
Who is William James?
Pillar that includes stress, psychological disorders and treatments.
What is Mental and Physical Health?
Perspective that is most interested in examining the nervous system from both a macro level (brain and spinal cord) and micro level (neurons and neuroscience)
What is Biological?