History of Psychology
How did Psychology begin?
- Was it through the ancient Hebrews, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Who explained Natural selection in 1831?
- Who is Charles Darwin?
Explain the Biological Perspective
- Someone working from a biological perspective might study the brain circuits that cause us to be "red in the face" and "hot under the collar"
- Or how heredity and experience influence our individual differences in temperament
What is the biggest controversy in psychology?
and explain
-The Nature vs. Nurture Debate
-Controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
True or False: The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another is social psychology
True
How and when did Modern Psychology begin?
- Did Modern psychological science begin in 1879 when two 2 young men created an experiment?
- Specifically Wihelm Wundt's idea
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
- A middle-aged professor that launched the first psychological laboratory in 1879
What perspective believes that natural selection plays a key role in determining human behavior?
evolutionary perspective
Natural Selection
the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
Identify the main difference between psychiatry and psychology
Psychiatrists can prescribe medication, psychologists cannot
Following 1879, two schools of thought emerge, what are they?
Structuralism and Functionalism
What 3 psychologists pioneered the Behavioral Perspective?
Ivan Pavlov John B. Watson B.F. Skinner
Explain the humanistic approach
- A historically important approach
- Understanding of how angry feelings affect a person's potential for growth and personal fulfillment
What is Applied Research?
It's the scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
Easy A
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What is the biggest issue in Psychology that is still going on today?
How long has the issue been going on?
- What is the nature vs nurture issue?
- Has it been going on since Socrates and Aristotle
Who is Francis Bacon?
- He became one of the founders of modern science
- His influence lingers in the experiments of today's psychological science
Explain the behavioral perspective
Pre-scientific perspective that knowledge starts with experience but science should rely on observation and experimentation
Empiricism
When was the first day we started learning about psychology?
2 days after the first day of school
The main sub-fields of Psychology?
- What is research, applied research, clinical science, and applications?
Who is Mary Calkins?
- She became a pioneering memory researcher
- She was the first woman to be president of American Psychological Association
Explain the cognitive approach
Include an example
- studies how our interpretation of a situation affects our anger and how our anger affects our thinking
- How do we use information in remembering, reasoning and solving problems?
Approach that rejects the introspective method of gathering information
Functionalism
Surprise
Easy A