Psychology Chapter 1: What Is Psychology?

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Gestalt psychology

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wertheimer, koffka, kohler
focuses on perception and on how perception influences thinking and problem solving.
-gestalt psychologist saw our perceptions as wholes that give meaning to parts

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Psychoanalysis

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school that states that much of our behavior and mental processes are governed by unconscious ideas and impulses that have their origins in childhood conflicts.
FRUED

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who started psychoanalysis

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sigmund frued

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who is associated with structualism?

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wilhelm wundt

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who is assosciated with functionalism?

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william james

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who is associated with behaviorism?

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john watson and b f skinner

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who is associated with gestalt psychology

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wertheimer, koffka, kohler

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key concept of sturcuralism

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mind can be studied scientifically using introspection to discover the basic elemtns of experience

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key concept of fucntionalism

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there is a relationship between consciousness and behavior
-experience helps us function more adaptively in our enviornments

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key concept of behaviorism

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limited to observable measurable events
-we learn to make habits

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key concept of gestalt psychology

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focused on perception and problem solving
-perceptions as wholes that give meaning to parts

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key concept of psychoanalysis

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visible behavior and conscious thinking are influenced by unconscious ideas and conflicts.
-unconscious processes are more influenctial than conscoius thought in determing human behavior

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socrates

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proclaimed "know thyself"

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Biological perspective

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the approach to psychology that seeks to understand the nature of the links between biolical processes and structures such as the functioning of the brain, the endocrine system, and heredity

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congintive perspective

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focuses on mental processes such as perception problem solving decisoin making judgment language and intelligence.

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humanism

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people are conscious, self aware, and capable of free choice, self fullfillment, and ethical behavior

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existentialism

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people are free and responsible for their own behavior

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neoanalysts

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psychologists who follow theories derived from frued

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sociocultural perspective

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the view that focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in behavior and mental processes

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humanistic extitentsialism

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stresses the importance of self awareness and peoples freedom to make chioices

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social cognitive theorists

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are in the behaviorist tradition but also find role for intentional learning and tnote that people can create or modify their environments

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sociocultural perspective

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ethnicity gender culture and socioeconomic

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christine franklin

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formulated a theory of color vision

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kenneth clarke

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influenced a key us supreme court decision on dessegregation in the schools

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what is functionalism

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functionalism is the school founded by william james. it dealt with obsevable behavior as well as conscious experiences and focused on the importance of habit.

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what is behaviorism

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founded by john watson argues that pscyhology must limit itself to observable behavior and not deal with subjective consciousness

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what are the two major perspectives on learning?

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Behavioral- focuses on enviornmental influences on learning
Social Cognintive- argues that psychologists can address thought processes that people engage in intentional learning and that people are free to modify ad create environments