THANATOLOGY
Psychology - Answer- study of behavior and mental processes
Educational Psychology - Answer- Studies education systems
goal is to improve education
methods of teaching, learning, curricula
Clinical Psychology - Answer- understand, diagnose and treat abnormal/deviant behavior
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Psychology - Answer- study of behavior and mental processes
Educational Psychology - Answer- Studies education systems
goal is to improve education
methods of teaching, learning, curricula
Clinical Psychology - Answer- understand, diagnose and treat abnormal/deviant
behavior
Social Psychology - Answer- how behavior effects others
Personality Psychology - Answer- personality tied to mental processes of individual
Developmental Psychology - Answer- the way behaviors develop and change thru
lifespan
focus on children
language development, thinking skills, emotions
Counseling Psychology - Answer- Latin "to know"
study of origins and consequences of thoughts, memories, beliefs, perceptions,
explanations and other mental processes
Cognitive Psychology - Answer- Studies internal mental processes
ie) thinking, memory, concept formation, perception and processing of info.
Functionalism - Answer- the function, NOT the structure of conscious experience
Biological - Answer- all of our behaviors can be traced to the biological functions of
the brain.
caused by chemicals of our physical body
Psychoanalysis - Answer- therapy to bring unconscious desires into consciousness
to resolve problems.
date back to early childhood experiences
Humanistic - Answer- uniqueness of individual and search for self actualization
Socio-cultural - Answer- how one interacts w/society
how society/culture impact them
, Structuralism - Answer- reducing experience to its most basic parts, determining the
laws by which the parts are synthesized.
investigating the structure and content of mental state by introspection.
Psychiatrist - Answer- medical doctor
completed training in field of mental health/psychiatric residency
Psychologist - Answer- has doctor of philosophy degree in psychology but are NOT
medical doctors
Motivation - Answer- initiates, directs, and sustains behavior satisfying physiological
or psychological needs.
2 main factors that govern human motivation
- maintenance (working conditions)
-motivation (growth)
once maintenance goals achieved, the employee can work toward motivational goals
to excel. - Answer- Herzberg's Two Factor Theory
X: employees lazy, only concerned for money
Y: employees will excel if given right environment & opportunity - Answer-
McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y
Theory Z - Answer- employees motivated if they actively participate in decision
making at all levels of organization.
Expectancy Theory - Answer- motivation to accomplish task is linked to receiving
reward
Drive Theory - Answer- eliminating unpleasant states due to biological needs
ie) drinking when thirsty
Equity Theory - Answer- motivated by past experience of amount of reward given for
effort put forth
Arousal Theory - Answer- seek optimal level of activation (desire)
desire to be the best we can be
Hunger/thirst
Sensation seeking
Sex
Need of achievement
Agressive motivation-most dangerous - Answer- Human Motives (5)
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