The Basics
What is Psychology?
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
The creator of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Sigmund Freud
What are the beliefs of Humanism
All humans are generally good and naturally motivated to grow to their full potential
Psychology subdivisions can be broken down into what two groups?
Applied and Basic Research
The careful, systematic self-observation of one's own conscious
Introspection
The medical specialization focusing on the brain and its disorders.
This Pioneer believed that all humans were generally good and naturally motivated to grow
Carl Rogers
This theory asked what "What are Mental Processes"
Structuralism
Psychologists of this field of study focus on teaching and learning. Not to be mistaken for School Psychologists
Educational Psychology
This field of study would say that Introspection and Psychoanalytic Psyschotherapy are not a valid formats of reporting/study
Behaviorism
What are the Big Questions
Nature vs Nurture
Change vs Stability
Universal vs Unique
William James
This theory places on an emphasis on what can be observed, not mental processes
Behaviorism
Clinical vs Counseling
Clinical focus on mental disorders
Counseling focus on improving the functioning of people who are struggling through difficult times of their lives.
What is the biggest issues with self reporting?
Non uniform results. How accurately can you describe in words complicated, quick processes?
What are the steps of the Scientific Method
Posing a Question > Conducting a Literature Review > Developing a Hypothesis > Testing > Analyzing and Drawing a Conclusion > Share Results
Ivan Pavlov - Dogs
The theory of how the unconscious, and childhood experiences can affect long term.
Psychodynamic Theory
Forensic Psychology
What is the purpose of Psychotherapy?
To make the unconscious, conscious
Claire has a theory about monkeys like bananas. She decides to see if anyone else has written or studied this idea before. What step of the scientific method is Claire on?
Conducting a Literature Review
This German Psychologist would found the first psychology lab Leipzig, Germany
Wilhelm Wundt
While it's predecessor asked "What the mental processes?", this one asked "Why?"
Functionalism
Andrew works for a major pharmaceutical company designing more intuitive training programs. What field did Andrew study in college?
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Though Pavlov and Skinner are most known for Behaviorism, it was this man who led the charge declaring that in Psychology "Introspection has no essential part for its methods"
John Watson