Psychology
What is psychology?
Psychology is the scientific study of the behavior and mental process of a human.
What is the two things the brain is made up of?
It is made up of neurons and glial cells
What did Piaget call children?
Children are "Little Scientist"
How much stages did Erikson conceptualize?
Erikson conceptualized 8 stages of development.
Who is Freud?
The founder of the theory of Psychoanalysis
Where does the word Psychology originate from?
The Psychology originate from the Greek word psyche which means spirit or soul.
How much hemispheres is the brain split into?
The brain is split into two hemispheres the right and left.
What four stages did Piaget develop?
The four stages Piaget developed was
Sensorimotor, preoperational,concrete operational,and the formal operational stage.
These stages that Erik son made they were in response to?
Sigmund Frueds psycho-sexual stage theory
According to Freud much of what people do, think,and feel is a way of avoiding anxiety?
True
Who was the first person to write about psychology and where did the history of psychology begin?
The first person to write about psychology was Aristotle and the history of psychology began in Africa.
What is the corpus collosum?
The Corpus Collosum attaches the two brain hemispheres together.
What was Piaget's observation about children?
Children are active thinkers and children always are going to try and make sense of the world.
Erikson was the first to do what?
He was the first to theorize that developmental process was a lifelong process.
Freud believed Memories, wishes, and instincts that are too threatening or painful to bring to consciousness are apart of the unconscious mind (True or false)
True.
What are the goals of a psychologist?
The goals of a psychologist is to be able to classify and observe behaviors and psychologists should be able to state the causes of behavior as well.
Name Four lobes of the brain and what do they do?
Frontal,parietal, occipital,and temporal lobe
Frontal lobe-Is the emotional control
Parietal lobe-Contains the sensory cortex allows you to feel the world.
temporal lobes -allows you to process sound.
Occipital lobe-Handles visual input.
What did Piaget say children develop to make sense of the world?
Schemas
Which stage does Erikson state that "meeting the infants need will allow them to trust their enviroment"?
Stage 1 Trust vs Mistrust
What is "Infantile sexuality"
Erotic experiences in infancy and early childhood that shape personality in adulthood.
What are the five fields of psychology?
sports psychology,health psychology,consumer psychology,Human fact psychology, and behavioral psychology.
Name the three brain structures and their location?
Hind brain-front
Mid brain-Middle
Fore brain-the back
What was Piagets theory?
children develop cognitively by acquiring schemas about the world through discovery learning.
Which stages are before adulthood?
Stage 1-Trust vs Mistrust (This stage is from birth to age 1)
Stage 2-Autonomy versus shame and doubt (1-3 years old)
stage 3- Initiative Vs Guilt (3-5years)
Stage 4- competency vs inferiority(6-11 years of age)
Stage 5-Identity vs Role confusion (12-20 years old)
Protecting our self from anxiety is normal but carried to the extreme is known as?
A Psychological Disorder