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Psychology
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study of human and animal behavior
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covert
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hidden (covered) behaviors you cannot see like thinking, love, feelings, mental disturbances, intelligence, dreams, etc
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Overt
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Outward behaviors you can see like crimes, aggressions, reactions, male vs female, relationships, peer pressure, teen pregnancy, drug use…
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Psychology is a _______ field of study that has been around about _____ years.
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young; 120
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Psychology has its routes in _____ which is _____ of years old.
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philosophy; thousands
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Socrates said
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know yourself
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psych is considered a
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soft science
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hard sciences have ______ evidence
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empirical
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4 goals of psychology
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describe
understand/ explain predict control |
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father of psych & approch
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Wundt; structuralism
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William James approach
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functionalism
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3 theories - schools of thought
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behaviorism
psychodynamic/ psychoanalytiv humanism |
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Behaviorism 2 thinkers
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pome
ignores thinking proces |
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cognitive behaviorism
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how people think
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psychodynamic/ psycoanalytic thinker
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Freud
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psychodynamic/ psycoanalytic premises
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we are driven by SEX and AGGRESSION
first 6 years of life are critical |
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unconcious
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people don't deal with issues
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humanism thinker
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maslow
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selfactualization
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state of being, very honest with themselves…basically know yourself and be responsible for working on yourself and for your own mistakes.(inner peace) Willing to fail. Want to find their path in life.
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eclectic
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draws from all 3 ideas
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