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11 Cards in this Set
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Defining Psychology
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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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Goals of Psychology
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-Describe
-Understand -Predict -Explain -Ultimately, control |
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Subspecailties of psychology
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Psychologists
psychiatrists clinical social workers psychoanalysts |
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Structuralism
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Studied the structure of mental life
(Wundt 1879) |
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Wundt 1879
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Stimulus (objective reality)
Introspection (subjective reality) |
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Functionalism
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Studied how the mind helps us adapt to the environment
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James
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-brought new dimensions to psychology
-One of the first to scientifically study learning -Educational psychology -Industrial psychology |
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Freud
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the unconcious mind
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humanistic
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self fulfillment
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cognative
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conseious thoughts
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biological psychology
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genetics/biology
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