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