psych exam 1

psychodynamic perspective

Sigmund Freud emphasized the unconscious mind often stemming early childhood

Plato

Socrates' most well known student

Socrates

a greek philosopher who is considered the father of western philosophy

behavioral perspective

all behavior is explained by environmental interaction: stimulus and response

Locke

born with nothing, find your own purpose through building experiences; father of "empiricism"

William Wundt

conducted first psychology experiments in first psych laboratory; student was Tichener

correlational design method

discover relationship of 2 or more variables

William James

founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment

examples of biological perspective

genes, neurotransmitters, sex (hormones), nervous system, diseases, drugs

human intuition example

hindsight bias; I knew it all along

sociocultural perspective

how does where we were raised affect our behavior; social behavior arises from social groups

humanistic perspective

human ability, growth, inner potential for good

case study method

in depth investigation of one or a few people

naturalistic observation method

observing phenomena in a natural setting

biological perspective

our biology influences our behavior and thinking

examples of cognitive perspective

perceptions, thoughts, expectations, and interpretations

experimental design method

steps involved: 1) random sample 2) randomly assign control and experimental 3) measure dependent variable

examples of behavioral perspective

stimulus: red light response: stop your car

survey method

straight forward asking a series of questions

Aristotle

student of plato, tutor's alexander the great

What is psychology?

the science of individual behaviors and mental processes

examples of psychodynamic perspective

wishes and fears

cognitive perspective

your thinking and thoughts, drawing conclusions