Psychology - Chapter 1

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belief that an individual’s personality could be explained by the state of that person’s ______

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humors

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The four humors are:

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phlegm, blood, black bile, yellow bile

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An imbalance in the humors resulted in _____________ ________

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psychological disorder

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Treatment included giving patients __________ _____ to eat to induce vomiting and thus the imbalanced humor left the body

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poisonous herbs

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the practice of examining bumps on a person’s skull to determine that person’s intellect and character traits

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Phrenology

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Phrenology encouraged the study of the role of the _____ in human behavior

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brain

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Phrenology was _______'s attempt to explain why crime
occurred

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Sampson

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Historical Approaches:

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- Structuralism
- Functionalism
- Inheritable Traits
- Gestalt Psychology

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_______ _____ credited with establishing modern psychology as a separate, formal field of study

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Studied human behavior in a systematic and scientific manner

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Structuralism

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_______ _____, the father of psychology in the U. S., taught the first class in psychology at Harvard University. Also wrote first textbook of psychology

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William James

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Studied how animals and people adapt to their environment. Believed that all activities of the mind served one major function – survival as a species.

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Functionalism

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Interested in how heredity (traits passed from parent to child) influences a person’s abilities

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Inheritable Traits

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Inheritable Traits

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Sir Francis Galton

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studied how sensations are assembled into perceptual experiences

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Gestalt Psychology

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Gestalt psychology was invented by:

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German phychologists

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Contemporary Approaches:

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- Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Behavioral Psychology
- Humanistic Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Biological Psychology
- Sociocultural Psychology

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Unconscious motivations and conflicts are responsible for most human behavior

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Psychoanalytic Psychology

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_______ _____ invented Psychoanalytic Psychology

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Sigmund Freud

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Behaviorists analyze how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment. Believe that all behavior is a result of conditioning. When behavior is reinforce the likelihood of the behavior being repeated is increased

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Behavioral Psychology

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Behavioral Psychology was invented by ______, ______, _______

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Pavlov, Watson, Skinner

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Believe that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth

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Humanistic Psychology

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Humanistic Psychology was invented by _______ ______ and ____ ______

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Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers

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Focus is on how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influences
our behavior

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Cognitive Psychology

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Cognitive Psychology was invented by ______

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Piaget

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Study how the brain, the nervous system, hormones, and genetics influence our behavior

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Biological Psychology

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Biological Psychology was invented by _______________

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psychobiologists

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Considers how our knowledge and ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving are dependent on the culture to which we belong

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Sociocultural Psychology

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Sociocultural Psychology was invented by ____

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Dobb

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A scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals

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Psychologist

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A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders

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Psychiatrist

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What is the difference between a psychiatrist and and a psychologist?

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psychiatrists are medical doctors and psychologists are not

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As medical doctors, psychiatrists can do what most psychologists in the United States cannot:

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They can prescribe drugs

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Recently the state of Louisiana allowed psychologists to:

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write prescriptions afterconsulting with a psychiatrist

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assess, diagnose, intervene and treat individuals, families and groups with psychosocial problems

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Social Worker

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Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW’s) hold ______ _______. They go through _ years of graduate school and _-_ years of internship.

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Masters degrees; 2; 1-2

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provide counseling to individuals, families and groups

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Mental Health Counselor

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Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC’s) hold _______ _______ in counseling. They go through _ years of graduate training and work _-_ years of work experience under supervision

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Masters degrees; 2; 1-2

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A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances

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Clinical Psychologist

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About half of all _____________ are clinical psychologist

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psychologists

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A psychologist who usually helps people deal with the problems of everyday life (work, school, family, relationships)

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Counseling Psychologist

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A psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures

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Developmental Psychologist

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A psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn

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Educational Psychologist

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A psychologist who may work in a mental health or social welfare agency

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Community Psychologist

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A psychologist who studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and/or emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions

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Experimental Psychologist

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A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers

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Industrial/Organizational Psychologist

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A psychologist who studies the effects of environment on people

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Environmental Psychologist

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A psychologist who works in legal, court, or correctional systems assist with the development of personality profiles of criminal offenders or help law enforcement officers understand problems like abuse

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Forensic Psychologist

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the standards that members of a profession must follow

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Ethics

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In psychology, ___ _______ __________ __ _____________ ___ ____ __ _______ lays out standards for psychologists and identifies behaviors that deserve punishment

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APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct

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The code includes sections on:

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clinical practice, research and publication

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Ethic standards:

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• Resolving ethical issues
• Competence
• Human Relations
• Privacy and Confidentiality
• Advertising
• Record Keeping and Fees
• Education and Training
• Research and Publication
• Assessment
• Therapy