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Prologue
the people of psychology
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Psychology
12th Grade
10/05/2011

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Freud
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monist, empiricist, believed in the unconcious
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wundt
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atons of the mind, birth of psychology

experiments in germany (ball)

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Titchner
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introspection-->structuralism
senses
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William James
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taught mary calkins

wrote principles of psychology

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mary calkins
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denied a phd from harvard

first female president of apa

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margaret washburn
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first female to get a phd from harvard

wrote animal mind

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definition of psychology pre 1920's
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science of mental life
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ivan pavlov
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classical conditioning

 

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watson and skinner
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behaviorist, little albert
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jean piaget
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cognitive developement of kids

developemental psychologist

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maslow and rogers
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current environment influeces our growth potential and our need for love and acceptance

positive psychology

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definition of psychology post 1920s
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scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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APA
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american psychological association
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plato
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ideas are inborn
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aristotle
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everything in the mind comes from the external world
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john locke
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our minds were a blank slate
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rene descarts
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ideas are inate
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charles darwin
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natural selection and adaption
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Three levels of analysis
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Biological: genes

psychological: emotion and congnitive processing

social-cultural: how other people affect us

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psychodynamic
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how behavior springs from the inconcious dirves and conflicts
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basic research
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knowledge for the basis of psychology
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applied research
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take what we know to benefit others, solves problems
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types of applied psychologist
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clinical: studies/treats people with psych disorders

counseling: help people w/academic, vocational, marriage problems

educational: helps people in school

industrial/organizational: helps people in the work place

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Clinical psychologist
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PhD. studies/treats people with psychotherapy
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pyschiatrist
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MD. use drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased people
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structrualism
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using introspection to study the elemental structure of the mind
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nurture vs. nature
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is it genes or environment?
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humanistic pyschology
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emphasized growth potential for healthy people
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functionalism
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how mental and behavioral processes funciton to help us adapt
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behaviorism
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how behavior can be altered
studied thinking
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