Introduction
how a person's characteristics are formed naturally vs. because of their upbringing
Nature vs. Nurture
the scientific study of behavior and mental process of humans and other animals
Psychology
acting through life as a result of some form of motivation or incentive (Rewards and Punishments)
Behavioral Perspective
This viewpoint considered the many needs of a person
Humanistic
A way of gathering a large amount of data by asking a group of people their thoughts, opinions, etc. to a fixed question
The measured variable that is measured is the
Dependent variable
Andrea Yates was an example of a
Case Study
Uses medication as treatment
Biological Perspective
Punishing a child for messing up their room
Behavioral
perform a study to look at weather sleep deprivation impairs performance on a driving test
Experimental
Receiving, storing, and processing information, thinking and reasoning; and treats your brain as an algorithm almost. Is what perspective?
Cognitive Perspective
Watching how people react to things and figuring out why
Psychology
everything of my body has evolved to serve a function
Functionalism
Which perspective was created by Freud?
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
Asking open-minded questions to one individual to see their thoughts on (a) subject(s).
Interview
Who believed in the conflict of unconscious and conscious mind?
Freud
Nature vs. Nurture
This perspective looks at the brain in terms of input and output.
Cognitive Perspective
Hands on learning
Empiricism
a research approach that is used to generate an in depth multifaceted understanding
Case Study
Name the three early psychological perspectives
Functionalism, Structuralism, and Empiricism
this perspective believes the interaction of genes, family, and culture interact to influence behavior
Investigating one's own thought processes is an example of what early psychological perspective?
Structuralism
This was an integral part of early perspectives and created out of the people wondering why people kill
Introspection
What do you call a comparison of data where each, possibly non-relating variables, shows a similar data pattern?
Correlational Method/Data