What is Psychology?
Define Psychology
The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
Austrian neurologists who was fascinated by patients suffering form hysteria and neurosis.
The father of behaviorism in psychology
John B. Watson
What degree is required in most careers in psychology?
PhD Or Master's
Mourning and melancholia are?
Similar but different responses to loss
What does psych mean?
Soul
Who founded Psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Freud
What did John B. Watson focus on?
Observable behavior and ways to bring that behavior under control.
List a few career options in Psychology
Teaching
Research
Counseling
Social Work
True or False
Mourning is considered a healthy and natural process of grieving a loss.
True
What does ology mean?
Scientific study of.
Who discovered the concept of classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
As long as basic needs are necessary for survival were met.
What is developmental psychology?
Scientific study of development across a lifespan.
True or False
Melancholia takes place in a conscious mind.
False
In an unconscious mind.
Who studies everything about the human experience from the basic workings of the human brain to consciousness, memory,language,reasoning, personality and mental health?
Psychologists
Hierarchy of human needs
Abraham Maslow
Who developed a client centered therapy method?
Carl Rogers
What is cognitive psychology?
Area of psychology that focuses on studying cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationships to our experiences and our actions
What is considered pathological?
Malancholia
What is The focus on the role of a person's unconscious and early childhood experiences.
Psychoanalytic theory
The careful study of the principles of modifying behavior through reinforcement and punishment is called
Operant Conditioning
What 3 things did Rogers believe therapist needed?
Unconditional positive regard
Genuineness
Empathy
Healthy psychology focuses on
How health is affected by the interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.
What is mourning?
When a person deals with the grief of losing of a specific love object, and this process takes place in the conscious mind.