Psychology
Psychologist to introduce the concept of reinforcement
B.F. Skinner
How do you humanistic psychologist differ from behaviorist
Behaviorist believe that behavior is conditioned and humanistic believe that behavior is free choice
Imagining yourself to heal exam, relaxed and calm, answering all the questions. What psychological method are you using to influence your behavior during the exam
Positive visualization
Is the goal of a psychological theory
Predicting behavior or mental processes
Is one difference between a theory and a principal
Principles are basic laws and theories or specific attempts to explain things
Research methods that are used by psychologist
Surveys and experimentation
What is considered behavior
Talking sleeping digestion running interaction i.e. anything people can observe or measure
When was modern psychology born
The 1800s, after birth of modern science
School of psychology focused on human consciousness, experience, and self-awareness
The humanistic perspective
Goals of psychology
To observe and describe explain predict and control
Early psychoanalysis practitioners believed this was the cause of behavior
Unconscious motives and conflicts
Who wrote the first modern psychology textbook
William James
Action that can be observed or measured
Behavior
And what field do most psychologists practice
Clinical psychology
Mental process such as a dream or memory
Cognitive activity
What is the focus of contemporary psychoanalytic perspective
Conscious choice and self direction
School of psychology that describes experience as a whole rather than broken down into parts
Gestalt psychology
Sigmund Freud's difference from early psychologist
He gained understanding of human behavior from consultations with patients
What did William James focused on
How mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment
Focus on the modern biological perspective of psychology
Influence of biology on behavior
Which school of psychology believe in birth order
Psychoanalytic
What is the name of Freud's theory that assumes that most of what exists in an individuals mind is unconscious
Psychodynamic
What is the definition of the science of psychology
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
School of psychology that works at the basic elements of conscious experience
Structuralism
According to Gestalt psychologist, how is much learning accomplished
Sudden insight
How did the school of behaviorism define psychology
The scientific study of observable behavior
What are functionalists primarily concerned with
Whitman told processes would you help organisms adapt to their environment
Founded structuralism
Wilhelm Wundt
What will you do the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates have in common with present day psychologist
Confusion bizarre behavior are caysed by abnormalities in the brain
How did Wilhelm Wundt break down consciousness
Into objective sensations and subjective feelings
Method of learning that stresses examining one's own thoughts and feelings
Introspection
In what way is psychology closely related to natural science
It's reliance on scientific research methodologies
Founder of the school of behaviorism
John B. Watson
why do psychologists feel it is necessary to perform psychological research on humans rather than only on animals
Only experiments with humans can provide information on such unique we human beings as morality and values
What is the gelstalt principle of similarity
Similar objects tend to be perceived as a united whole
Ask her who stress the importance of introspection
Socrates