Frage | Antworten |
Psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental processes of humans and animals |
Wilhelm Wundt | 1832-1930 Know as the Founder of Modern Day Psychology he founded the first experimental psychology |
Structuralism | A psychological school of thought which foucused on the ID of parts of the mind |
Introspection* | The process of looking into oneself to gain insight |
William James | (1842-1910) Psychologist and philosopher known for writing the principles of psychology |
Functionalism | A psychological school of thought moving away from structuralsim. Based on how the brain affects behavior |
psychoanalysis* | A theory developed by Sigmund Freud. Based on bring forward repressed unconscious thoughts |
Gestalt psychology* | The scientific study of how people organize and integrate information they percieve |
phrenology* | The study and mesurment of bumps on people's heads in relation to their behavior |
Behaviorism | The psychological study of obviously observed behavior |
John B Watson* | Know as the Father of Behaviorism, which emphasizes objective and observable data |
Little Albert* | Watson's famous experiment where a baby "Little Albert" was taught to fear a white rat which was generalized to other furry objects |
Ivan Pavlov* | (1849 - 1936) Known for decribing the psychological phenomenon "classical conditioning" |
B. F. Skinner* | (1904 - 1990) Known for his theory of Operant Conditioning |
Humanistic psychology | empasizes the human capacity for choice and growth |
Abraham Maslow | (1908-1970) Known as the Father of Humanistic Psychology |
Carl B. Rogers | (1902 - 1987) |
Nature vs Nurture Debate | what is the main driving force what we are born with or what experiences we had |
Basic research vs applied research | Basic: Research with the intent to increase base knowledge Applied: Research used to solve practical problems |
clinical psychology* | The goal of clinical psychology is to assess, diagnose and treat a variety of mental disorders |
psychiatrist | A psychologist with a medical degree, can prescribe medicine |
Industrial/Organizational psychologist | studies the relationships between work and people |
Human Factors psychologist* | how the human mind and body interacts with its tools and environment |
Möchten Sie mit GoConqr kostenlos Ihre eigenen Karteikarten erstellen? Mehr erfahren.