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Scientific Study of behavior & mental processes
The word "psychology" comes from two Greek words:
Psyche meaing "the soul"
Logos meaning "the study of" |
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| Personal observation of your own thoughts, feelings and behavior |
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All knowledge is derived from censory experience
The mind is a "blank slate" at birth
Ideas are gained through observation and experiece |
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| School of though that lookds at the mind and behavior as a whole |
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| Approach that saw behavior as purposeful and contribuing to survival |
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Approach in which the mind is broken into the smallest elements of mental experience
Wilhelm Wundt |
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Approach that saw people as inherently good and motivated to learn and improve
If people were not inherently good, this was a result of societ's influence |
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| Approach that features the study and careful measurement of observable behaviors |
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| Connections between the mind, behavior and biological processes |
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| How evolutionary past shapes our behavior |
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| Mental processes, thinking problem solving and information processing |
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| How behavior is afected by the presence of others |
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| Normal changes in behavior that occur across life span |
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| Explain, define and treat psychological disorders and promote well-being |
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| Philosopher; ideas relating to learning and behavior; gain knowledge through sensory experience |
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| Philosopher; mind is a "blank slate" at birth (empiricism); gain knowledge through experience |
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| Studies of reaction time reinforced the idea of the mind as physical |
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| Structuralism; Introspection; 1st psychological experiment; behavior can be broken down into its components; mental experience as hierarchy |
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| Functionalism; emphasized the role of evolution; outcomes depend on consequences; behavior is purposeful and contributes to survival |
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| Psychodynamic; ideas about unconscious mind; role of experience in abnormal behavior; development of sexuality; dream analysis; approaches to therapy to study personality and therapy; ideas were NOT scientific and do NOT lend themselves to experimentation |
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| Humanistic psych; people are naturally good and motivated to improvel self-actualization |
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| Humanistic psych; client-centered therapy |
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| Behaviorism; experience is primary source of behavior; classical conditioning |
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| Behaviorsim; psychology is the study of observable behavior; relationships between environemtal cues and behavior |
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| Behaviorsim; law of effect |
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| Behaviorism; effects of reward and punishment on future behavior |
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