Chapter One -What is Psychology?
Psychology –
Behaviors –
Cognitive Processes –
Psychologists ______the events they study.
Psychology as a science-Social Science Methods of Research in Psychology 1 2. Experimentation can be performed on: 1. 2. Theory –
Parapsychology-
Parapsychology: Psychology or Not? Extrasensory perception- ESP-
There are four forms of ESP Parapsychology: Psychology or Not? Precognition-
Psychokinesis-
Telepathy-
Clairvoyance-
1. What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist? Psychiatrists are medical doctors who can______, psychologists cannot.
Schooling is more intensive for psychiatrists than psychologists, because they are doctors 2. Clinical Psychologists Works with people with ______such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. (largest group of psychologists)
Works in universities, hospitals, private practice, and drug rehabs 3. Counseling Psychologists Treats people who have ______(every day problems) rather than serious psychological disorders 4. School Psychologists Identifies and helps students who have problems that interfere with______. Works in elementary, middle, and secondary schools 5. Educational Psychologists Concerned with theoretical issues that relate to learning, ______of abilities, and child and adolescent ______.
government-funded programs 6. Developmental Psychologists
Study changes that occur throughout the ______(maturation process). Deals with issues like: emotional, physical, cognitive, and social
Works in universities, government-funded programs 7. Personality Psychologists
Looks for the different ______people have and studies the development of these traits.
Works in Universities, in government funded programs 8. Social Psychologists Concerned with people’s ______in ______situations
Works in Universities and government funded programs 9. Experimental Psychologists Conduct ______into basic processes such as the ______of the nervous system. (mental psychological issues)
Works in laboratory settings 10. Industrial Psychologists Focus on people and ______(businesses)
Works for government, private business, and universities 11. Organizational Psychologists Study the behavior of people in ______such as business firms.
works for the government, private business, universities 12. Consumer Psychology Study of behavior of ______to explain and predict their behavior.
Universities, government, and private business 13. Forensic Psychologists Work with ______system. They help police officers cope with job ______and testify on a person’s ______status at the time of the crime.
Work for the government, private practice, and universities 14. Health Psychologists Examine the ways in which ______and ______processes are related to ______health. Ex. headaches and heart disease with relationship to stress.
Work for the government, private Practice, and universities History of Psychology Ancient Greece- Socrates- famous quote was “______”, which is the motto of psychological thought. He used the theory that we can learn much about ourselves by carefully examining our thoughts and feelings. This is called ______. ______- wrote the book “Peri Psyches” which means “about the mind”. His book stated that a universal law was that people are motivated to seek pleasure not pain. He also explored other topics of the mind such as personality, sensation, and perception, though, intelligence, needs and motives, feelings and emotions, and memory. ______- thought that confusion and madness were caused by abnormalities in the brain (biological). We would study this more in depth 2000 years later. ______- founded the field of psychology that came to known as ______Structuralism is broken into two conscious experiences. a. ______- Ex. Sight, taste. Which accurately reflect the outside world. b. ______- which include the emotional responses and mental images. Structuralists believe that the human mind functioned by combining these basic elements of experience.
______- concerned with how mental processes help organisms ______to their ______. They stressed the application of their findings to everyday situations. This school of thought was called ______. Functionalists proposed that the adaptive behavior patterns are learned and maintained because they are successful. ______-believed that psychology was the scientific study of ______. It must be limited to observable, ______This school of thought was known as ______. ______– people learn the same way that animals do. That is, people learn to behave in certain ways because they have been reinforced for doing so. ______(rewards) for positive behavior is the motivator to do well. This school of thought is part of the behaviorist approach, but Skinner added Reinforcement to this school. ______(means shape or form) Psychology- emphasizes the tendency to recognize perceptions into meaningful ______. ______- founded the school of ______. This theory involves human behavior through consultations with patients. His thought was ______, especially sexual and aggressive urges are more important than conscious experience in governing people’s behavior and feelings.
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