What is the biopsychological approach?
human behavior is the product of physiological functions
A learning process in which an innate response to a potent stimulus comes to be elicited in response to a previously neutral stimulus
Classical Conditioning
A professional who evaluates and studies behavior and mental processes
A psychologist
What field was psychology originally a part of?
philosophy
A study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard
Stanford Prison Experiment
a psychologist who assesses and treat mental, emotional, and behavior disorders
a clinical psychologist
What is Psychology?
The study of human behavior and mental processes.
A experiment to determine how far people were willing to go in order to obey the commands of an authority figure.
Milgram Experiment
who was an Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
I believe that our behavior is influenced by our unconscious conflicts raised in childhood. I follow this perspective
What is psychodynamic or psychoanalytical
What is the humanistic approach?
views people as basically good and capable of helping themselves.
Who conducted the Monkey Love experiment; to demonstrate the powerful effects of love on normal development?
Harry Harlow
Who was the founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our own environment?
William James
If you wanted to study the thought processes and perceptions of people, you would study this type of psychology.
What is cognitive?
What happened in the Little Albert experiment in 1920?
John Watson conditioned an 11-month-old baby boy named Little Albert to fear a white rat through classical conditioning. Every time Albert was shown a white rat, Watson would hit a metal bar and make a loud noise. Eventually, Albert associated the white rat with the loud noise and would cry at the sight of the rat alone.
Used pigeons in a box to study operant conditioning
B.F. Skinner
A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
Psychiatrist