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What is Psychology |
The scientific study of thought and behaviour |
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What is Phrenology |
The belief that it was possible to read personalities by feeling the bumb's on peoples head |
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What is Psychoanalysis |
Examining patients memories of past experiences to find the origin of their problems |
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What is Behavioursim |
The idea that the mind could not be studied and observing behavior should be the focus of psychology |
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What is the job of a Psychologist |
To study our work habits in order to improve job efficiency, to study our buying patterns in order to make us better consumers and to study how we perceive things in order to find out why we make mistakes. |
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Who is the Father of Sociology |
Auguste Comte |
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Who is the Father of Psychology |
Sigmund Freud |
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What did Herbert Spencer suggest |
That societies, like living species constantly change to adapt to their environment. |
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Who introduced the idea of using statistics as a way to study societies scientifically |
Emile Durkheim (Wrote the book Suicide) |
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What is the job of a Sociologist |
To observe and inquire into the regular behavior of people in societies, in order to understand and explain their behavior |
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What is Cultural Anthropology |
The study of human cultures, the way in which humans live, throughout the world and throughout time. |
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What do Cultural Anthropologist do |
They investigate human behavior in many different culture, without making value judgement. |
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How to Cultural Anthropologist study a culture |
They live with the people they are studying. By eating their food, speaking their language and worshiping their gods |
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What did Franz Boas do |
He studied the Pacific Northwest Indians and believed that every culture was special and just as valuable as any other |
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Who was Margret Mead |
Was the one that insisted that in order to study and understand a culture one should live with the people for a long time |
