+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Psychology
|
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
|
|
Objective introspection
|
The prcess of examining and measuring one's own thoughts an menta activities.
|
|
Structuralism
|
Early perspective in psychology associated with Wilhem Wundt and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the strucure or basic elements of the mind.
|
|
Functionalism
|
Early perspecive in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play.
|
|
Gestalt Psychology
|
Early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation, particlarly th eperception of patterns and whole figures.
|
|
Psychoanalysis
|
The theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud
|
|
Behaviorism
|
He science of behavior at focuses on observable behavior only
|
|
Psychodynamic perspective
|
Modern version of psychoanaysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of motivations behind a person's behavior other that sexual motivations.
|
|
Cognitive perspective
|
Modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning.
|
|
Cognitive neroscience
|
Study of the physical changes in the brain and nervous system during thinking
|
|
Sociocultural perspective
|
Perspective tha focuses on the relationship between social behaior and culture.
|
|
Biopsychological perspective
|
Perspective that attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occuring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system.
|
|
Evoltionary perspective
|
Perspective tht focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that al humans share.
|
|
Psychologist
|
A professional with an academic degree and specialized training in one or more areas of psychology
|
|
Psychiatrist
|
A medical doctor who has specialized in the dianosis and treatment of psychological disorders.
|
