Unit 1
The study of individual human behavior and mental processes of the brain.
What is Psychology ?
The classical known debate attempting to figure out which forces impact human development the most.
What is Nature vs. Nurture ?
The thought that has had the biggest impact in understanding human motivation.
What is Behaviorism ?
our physical make up and the operation of our brains influence our personality, preferences, behavior patterns, and abilities.
What is Biological View ?
Researcher known for studying both dreams and personality types.
Who is Carl Jung ?
the people that believe that unlocking the unconscious mind is the key to understanding human behavior and relations.
What are Psychodynamic Theorists ?
Part of the unconscious that seeks pleasure and avoids pain.
What is The Id ?
The highest level of Malsow's hierarchy .
What is Self-Actualization ?
the rational part of the mind that makes the final decision to act.
What is The Ego ?
The type of conditioning that uses rewards and punishments .
What is Operant Conditioning ?
A theory that emphasized the functions of consciousness and the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment.
What is functionalism ?
This view emphasizes the importance of social interaction, social learning and a cultural perspective.
What is Sociocultural Psychology ?
A form of psychotherapy that tries to help the patient find the aim and meaning of his or her own life .
What is Logotherapy ?
The 4 D's of abnormal psychology.
What are deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger ?
the experiment that tested the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience.
What is Milgram's Conformity Experiment ?
These theorists were interested in how we developed physically and mentally over time.
Who are Developmental Psychologists ?
Believed that individuals progressed through developmental stages that were cognitive and biological in nature .
Who is Jean Piaget ?
This researcher believed that people learn behavior by watching and then imitating others .
Who is Albert Bandura ?
The two types of motivation.
What are Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation ?
The psychological perspective that emphasizes human ability, growth, potential and free will.
What is Humanistic Psychology ?
Not focused on how we feel, but on how we experience the world, was the opposite of structuralism. Instead of looking at the individual parts, this wanted to examine the whole and looked at how the brain works by studying perception and perceptual thinking.
What is Gestalt Psychology ?
The experiment proved that humans, not just dogs or animals, could also be classically conditioned .
What is the Little Albert Experiment ?
People can be led to remember their past in various ways, and even "remember" a past that didn't happen to them.
What are False Memories ?
The psychology based on the arguments of Charles Darwin and his theories of evolution.
What is Evolutionary Psychology ?
The process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong.
What is Conformity ?