what is psychology? chapter 1. overview the science of psychology what psychologists do chapter 1
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What is Psychology?
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OverviewThe science of psychology
What psychologists do
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The Science of Psychology
• The discipline concerned with?
• Symbolized with a
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Psychology, pseudoscience, and common sense
Psuedoscoence-
Empirical-
Why is it not just common sense?
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The Birth of Modern Psychology
• Wilhelm Wundt-
Psychology’s past
Two early psychologies1)
2)
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FunctionalismEarly approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness
Interested in how and why something happens
Functionalists broadened field of psychology to include the study of children, animals, religious experiences, and stream of consciousness
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PsychoanalysisA theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formulated by?
Emphasizes? 2 Things1)
2)
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Your turn
Who setup the first psychological lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1879?1.William James2.Charles Darwin3.Wilhelm Wundt4.Sigmund Freud
Your turnThe first field of psychology to ask why people have consciousness was:1. Behaviorism
2. Phrenology
3. Psychoanalysis
4. Functionalism
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Major Psychological perspectives
Biological perspective
Learning perspective
Cognitive perspective
Sociocultural perspective
Psychodynamic perspective
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The biological perspective
Psychological approach that focuses on?
This perspective involvesHormones
Brain chemistry
Heredity
Evolutionary influences
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The learning perspective
Psychological approach that emphasizes?
This perspective involvesBehaviorism-
Social-cognitive learning-
The cognitive perspective
Psychological approach that emphasizes?
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The sociocultural perspective
Psychological approach that emphasizes?
This perspective involvesSocial psychology or the study of rules, roles, groups, and relationships
Cultural psychology or the study of culturalnorms, values, and expectations
The Fish Analogy?
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The psychodynamic perspective
Psychological approach that emphasizes?
This perspective involvesUnconscious thoughts, desires, conflicts
Why is it the “thumb” on the hand of psychology?
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Humanist psychologyPsychological approach that emphasizes?
rather than the scientific understanding of behavior
This approachRejected behaviorism and psychoanalysis
Emphasized creativity and achieving potential
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Your turnThe psychological perspective that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior:
1. Biological perspective
2. Learning perspective
3. Cognitive perspective
4. Psychodynamic perspective
5. Sociocultural perspective
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The psychological perspective that emphasizes social and cultural influences on behavior.
1. Biological perspective
2. Learning perspective
3. Cognitive perspective
4. Psychodynamic perspective
5. Sociocultural perspective
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Your turn
The psychological perspective that emphasizes bodily events such as hormones, genes, and evolution affect behavior, feelings, and thoughts.
1. Biological perspective
2. Learning perspective
3. Cognitive perspective
4. Psychodynamic perspective
5. Sociocultural perspective
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Your turn
The psychological perspective that emphasizes the “unconscious,” psychological causes of people’s behavior is:
1. Biological perspective
2. Learning perspective
3. Cognitive perspective
4. Psychodynamic perspective
5. Sociocultural perspective
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What Psychologist Do
Psychological research
Research in areas of basic or applied psychology
Basic-
Applied-
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Psychological practicePractitioners account for?
Counseling psychologists help people deal with?
School psychologists work with?
Clinical psychologists?
Education needed?
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Psychological practice• Psychotherapist?
Degree
• Psychoanalyst?
Degree
Psychological practice• Psychiatrist?
Degree
• Similarity between psychologist/psychiatrist?
• Difference?
Psychologists in other settings
SportsConsumer issuesAdvertisingOrganizational problemsEnvironmental issuesPublic policyOpinion pollsMilitary trainingAnimal behaviorLegal issues
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Your turn
What type of psychology seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application:
1. Clinical Psychologists
2. Psychoanalysts
3. Basic Psychology
4. Applied Psychology
5. Psychiatrist
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Your turn
What type of psychology study issues that have direct practical significance:
1. Clinical Psychologists
2. Psychoanalysts
3. Basic Psychology
4. Applied Psychology
5. Psychiatrist
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Your turn
These practitioners who diagnose, treat, and study mental or emotional problems:
1. Clinical Psychologists
2. Psychoanalysts
3. Basic Psychology
4. Applied Psychology
5. Psychiatrist
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