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psychology |
the scientific of behavior and mental process |
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behavior |
outward or overt actions and reactions |
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mental processes |
internal, overt activity of our minds |
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psychology's 4 goals |
description , explanation, prediction, control |
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Structuralism |
Germany in 1879 - focus on the structure of objective introspection ( basic elements of the mind) - every experience could be broken down into its individual emotions and sensations - died out in 19c |
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Wilhelm wundt |
- forerunner of structuralism - developed the technique of objective introspection ( the process of objectively examining and measuring one's thought and mental activities) |
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Functionalism |
how the mind allows people to adapt, live work and play - proposed by william James - influenced modern fields of educational psychology, evolutionary psychlogy, industrial/organizational psychology |
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William james |
proposed functionalism |
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edward titchener |
wundt's student; brough structuralism to US, Cornell Univ |
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Margaret washburn |
titchener's student, first woman to earn a PHD in pyschlogy animal mind(1908) |
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Gestalt |
- an organizaed whole psychology - study of patterns of behavior as opposed to studying small pieces of them - started with wertheimer, who studied sensation and perception - the idea is now part of the study of cognitive psychology |
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wertheimer |
started Gestalt psychology |
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cognitive psychology |
a field focusing not only on perception buy also on learning, memory, though, processes, and problem solving. |
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pyschoanalysis |
theory and therapy based on the work of sigmund freud |
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sigmund freud |
proposed the existence of an unconscious mind into which we push/repress our threatening urges and desire - freud believed that repressed urges created nervous disorder - he stressed the importance of early chilhood experiences |
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behaviorism
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- science of behavior that focuses on obserable behavior only - most be dierectly seen and measured - |
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John b watson |
proposed behaviorism, based on work of Ivan pavlov who demonstrated that a reflex could be conditioned(learned) - believed that phobias were learned (little albert) |
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process of conditioning |
reflex could be conditioned and learned |
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Mary cover Jaones |
An early pioneer in behavior therapy |
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psychodynamic perspective |
modern version of psychoanalysis |
