PSYCHOLOGY PACKAGE DEAL

Psychology - ️️The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Behavior - ️️All outward or overt actions and reactions. Mental Processes - ️️Internal, covert activity of the mind. Four Goals of Psychology - ️️Description [what is happening?], Understanding [why is it ...

Psychology is the study of a.) mental illness b.) the brain c.) behavior and mental processes d.) observable behavior in humans and animals - ️️C The followers of ____________ argue that there is a close relationship between animal behavior and human behavior. a.) Jean Jacques Rousseau...

Psychology - ️️the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Applied Psychology - ️️Practical application of the findings of research psychologists. Research Psychology - ️️The study of the origin, cause, or result of certain behavior. Biopsychological Approach - ️️A...

What is Psychology? - ️️The study of mind and behavior. What is Nativism (Nature)? - ️️Nativism is the theory that knowledge is innate and inborn. Our biological endowment makes up who we are. What is Empiricism (Nurture)? - ️️Empiricism is the idea that we gain knowledge through e...

Rosenhan and Seligman (1989) - ️️Abnormal behavior is seen as vivid and unpredictable, causes observer discomfort and violates moral or ideal standards because it differs from most other people's behavior and standards. Part of the "Deviation from Social Norms" definition of abnormality. S...

Psychology - ️️The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior Where did psychology branch out from? - ️️Physiology and Philosophy Structuralism - ️️Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore) 2 Structuralists - ️️Wundt ...

What is Psychology? - ️️:the scientific study of behavior & mental process -a science aimed to observe, describe, & explain how we think, feel, & act -developed from philosophy & biology Behaviorism - ️️the view that psychology should be objective science that studies behavior without r...

Thinking (cognition) - ️️refers to a process that involves knowing, understanding, remembering, and communicating. Cognitive Psychology Concepts - ️️The mental grouping of similar items. Example: chair and throne. Categorization. Hierarchies- we organize concepts into category hierarchies...

psychology - ️️the study of behavior and the mental processes behavior - ️️the observable actions of a person or animal dualism - ️️divides everything into body and spirit René Descartes - ️️believed that mind and body interact pineal gland - ️️according to Descartes...

Psychology - ️️the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Wilhelm Wundt - ️️structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection, basic units of experience Edward Titchener - ️️Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of St...

The concept of natural selection is most important for psychologists interested in the _____________________ of behaviour. a) Variation b) Limitations c) Functions d) Structure - ️️Functions Structuralism is to __________ as functionalism is to __________. a) unobs...

learning - ️️a relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience and practice associative learning - ️️learning that 2 events occur together -2 types: classical conditioning, operant conditioning classical conditioning - ️️-associates two stimuli -(pavlovia...

Personality - ️️a person;s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. 4 Models of Personality Theory - ️️Psychodynamic theory, trait theory, humanistic theory, social cognitive theory. who developed the psychodynamic theory - ️️Freud Personality is based on _______...