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structuralism
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first framework for studying psychology uses introspection to understand sensation perception
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what year is considered birthday of psychology
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1879
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who was the father of psychology
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William wundt, he est first psyc lab lepiz, germany 1879
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Who is Edward titchener?
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Student of wundt, spread structuralism goal of Id'ing basic blocks of mental life
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structuralism was surpassed by what?
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functionalism
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what is functionalism?
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how the mind functions and allows animals /humans to adapt to the environment
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who is William James?
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established the first psychology lab in the US at Harvard University, expended psychology research to include emotions and observable behavior
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why did structuralism die out?
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because it was not useful for studying children, animals and disorders
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what surpassed functionalism?
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Psychoanalytic perspective
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what is the psychoanalytic perspective
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the unconscious part of the mind has thoughts memories desires that light outside personal awareness but have strong influence
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Sigmund freud
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Founder of psychoanalytic perspective late 1800s early 1900s
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Who is Mary Calkins?
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Served as 1st female president of APA in 1905..Completed requirements for PHD under william james refused degree over gender
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Who is Margaret flow Washburn?
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1st female to recieve PHD in psychology
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Who is Francis cecil Sumner?
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1st African American to earn PHD in psychology
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Who is Kenneth B Clarke
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Student of francis sumner, became first black president of APA...researched harmful effects of prejudice..sparked movement in Brown vs Board of education
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cross-cultural psychologist
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studies similarities and differences in and across various cultures and ethnic groups
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development psychologist
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Studies course of human growth and development all the way to death
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education psychologist
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studies process of education
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environmental psychologist
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investigate how environment affects people
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experimental psychologist
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examines processes such as learning conditioning motivation emotion etc.
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forensic psychologist
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applied psychology to the legal system in jury duty selection profiling and criminal therapy |
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Types of research, Basic& Applied research
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Basic research: focus is just to advanced knowledge
Applied research: designed to solve problems( practical and real world prob) |
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psychology's four main goals
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Description: what occurred
Explanation: why something occured Prediction: under what conditions is the phenomenom to occur again? Control: how to increase desired outcomes in decrease negative outcomes |
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experimental research
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Independent variable: is minipulated
Dependent variable: variable is being observed and measured experimental group: group that receives treatment control group: group that does not receive treatment random assignment: ensures that change in dependent variable is due to independent variable not a characteristic of the group |
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psychology's three major research methods
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1. descriptive method
2. correlation method 3. experiment method |
