Therapies
Developed from psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic Therapy
Fake medicine -- Often a sugary pill that has no theraputic affects.
Placebo
Social interactions and cultural influences on behavior and mental processes. Terms: Religion, gender, race, ethnicity.
Sociocultural Approach
Scientific study of mental processes and behavior
Psychology
Went on a five year sea journey around the world.
Studied turtles in the Galápagos islands.
Charles Darwin
A type of therapy that focuses on the understanding what you’re experiencing
Humanistic Therapy
Biased/fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Stereotype
Charels Darwin's Theory:
Based upon survival, adaption, natural selection, and reproduction
Evolutionary Approach
A type of study/research of gathering information and describing the specifics of behaviors, patterns, and other phenomena
Developed one of the first comprehensive theories of personality.
Sigmund Freud
A type of therapy that revolves around changing what a person thinks
Neuroscience "medical model." Based on genetics and physical body.
Biological Approach
Environmental influences on behavior/learning from experience.
Terms: Objective, observable.
Behavioral Approach
The researcher nor the participants know who is apart of the study
Double-Blind Study
Wilhelm Wundt
A type of therapy using "conditioning"
Behavioral Therapy
Based on concious thought.
Terms: Thinking, mind, memory, attention, and processing.
Cognitive Approach
Two words: Unconcious Control
Psychodynamic Approach
A person who studies the origins, causes, and results of certain behaviors
Research Psychologist
Studied the impact of learning on human emotion.
John B. Watson
A type of therapy that gives LITERAL hands-on help.
(NAUGHTY WORD) Surrogate Therapy
Eclecticism
Free will and self actualization. Positive view; humans are born good.
Humanistic Approach
A person who uses the information gathered by research psychologists to solve problems directly
Applied Psychologist
One of the founders of American psychology. Published a popular textbook on psychology.
William James