Behaviorist
Who is the most important from this perspective?
Pavlov or Skinner
Studies how the mind operates and thinks (different from the brain)
What is person-centered therapy?
Method of psychotherapy with a focus on being attentive and positive towards the person recieving treatment
Who originated this perspective
Sigmond Freud
What does the biological perspective study
The actual body and brain to work with psychological problems
What method of psychotherapy do behaviorists use?
They use conditioning to train behaviors
What is schema?
Our specific ideas and mind frame we use when thinking about new information
Who are the most important humanist psychologists?
Maslow and Rogers
What is the new evolution of this perspective?
Psychodynamic
What part of the brain is associated with memory consolidation
Hippocampus
What experiment did Ivan Pavlov do?
He experimented with classically conditioning dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell
Who are the most important cognitive psychologists?
Piaget, Bandura, and Chomsky
What is the main idea of the Humanist perspective?
That everyone can reach their full potential WITH the help of others
Who were the most important psychodynamic psychologists?
Carl Jung and Melanie Klein
What does the parietal lobe deal with?
Senses of touch
What is operant conditioning?
How do cognitive psychologists approach psychological issues?
They look at how we think about and process things that arise in our lives to help us work them out
What are the main levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs?
Physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization
What is the main focus of the psychoanalytic/dynamic perspective?
Looking at how our past and unconscious ideas affect us
What does the amygdala do?
Controls major emotions such as anger
What was Stanley Miglram's famous experiment?
Seeing if people would violently electrocute other people just because they were instructed to
What is latent learning?
The idea that we understand things subconsciously even when we are not motivated so that when we gain motivation, we still remember even if we were not aware we were learning
What is self actualization?
This is the idea that if we believe in ourselves to do something we can make it a reality.
Explain the id, ego, and superego
Id is our basic drives and needs, ego is our personality, and super ego is what we know society expects of us
What is the difference between a psychiatrist and psychologist?
Psychiatrists normally get a medical degree and can prescribe drugs to deal with psychological issues, allowing them to be used as a compliment to psychologists.