Chapter one

cognitive perspective

The approach that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world.

humanistic perspective

The approach that suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavio

somebody who says "i can make my own destiny " is endorsing what psychological concept

Free will

which subfield of psychology includes both psychological factors and physical diseases?

Health

Gestalt movement

Lead by Hermann Ebbinghaus and max

functionalism

Led by the American psychologist William James

-----developed the first laboratory devoted psycholgical research

Wilhelm Wundt

Each theoretical perspective has a position somewhere on the nature vs nurture debates which of the following perspectives would likely emphasize nature more than nature neuroscience psychodynamic and humanistic and behavioral

behavirola and humanistic

generalized

bipolar

Behavioral

both Individual differences vs. universal principles

The sub-field of psychology

can be linked to an extended family because they share a common goal understanding behavior

which perspective is most likely to regard the mind as a computer

cognitive

social psycologyosts

concentrate on such diverse topics as human aggression, linking and loving, [resuasion and conformity

Evolutionary psychology

considers how behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors

clinical psychology

deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders, psychologists are trained to diagnose and treat problems that range from crises of everyday life, such as unhappiness over the breakup of the relationship

cormorbidity

dissociative identy sisorder was once called

Health psychology

explore the relation between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease

personality psycology

focus on the consistency in people behavior

cosulting psycololy

foucous primarily on educational, social and career adjustment problem.

Hermann Ebbinghaus and Max Wertheimer

gestalt psychologists proposed that "The whole is different from the sum of its parts,"

humanistic perspective focus on conscious

he approach that suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior.

rare

helplessness

altruism

impressions

when you are asked to describe in as much details as you are experiencing, you are being asked to

introspect

Cross cultural psycolgy

investigates the similarities and difference in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups

Functionalism

is an approach that concentrates on what the mind does and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environment

Alan

is studding biological

Experimental psychology

is the branch of psychology that studies the process of sensing, perceiving, learning and thinking about the world and some what is misleading

Determinism

is the idea that behavior is a reflection factors beyond the control of the individual

Humanistic

is the perspective of psychology that focuses on the uniqueness of each individual rather than similarities between people

what are the biological foundation of behavior Behavioral neuroscience

is the subfield of psychology that focusses on how the brain and nervous system as well as other biological aspects of the body, determine behavior

neuroscience

it is hoped that advanced will allow psychologists to focus more on prevention of psychological disorders rather than only treatment

insanity

legal

cognitive

major depressive

when trying to be an informed consumer of psychology, it is important to keep which of the following in mind .

no one source is definitive be aware there is no universal cure for all ills know the source of the information

our growing understanding of the brain and the nervous system, combined with scientific advances in genetics and gene therapy, will allow psychologists to focus on------ of psychological disorders rather than only on their ------

prevention, treatment

Behavioral genetics

seeks to understand or exploreshow we might inherit certain behavioral traits and also how the environment influences whatever we actually such traits

compulsions

sociocultural

Development psychology

studies how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death

Unlike counseling psychologists clinical psychologists help people who are

suffering from a serious disease and psychological disorder

behavioral perspective

the behavioural perspective is likely to suggest that how you can act iby knowing the learnning history

cognitive psychology

which focus on the higher mental process including thinking memory, reasoning, problem-solving, judging, decision making and language

in the united states --- (women/men) outnumber (women/men) in the field of psychology

women men

behavioral

axes

The following are brief descriptions of some of the subfields in psychology.

Abnormal Psychology Biological Psychology Child Psychology Clinical Psychology Cognitive Psychology Comparative Psychology Community Psychology Counseling Psychology Developmental Psychology Educational Psychology Environmental Psychology Evolutionary Psychology Experimental Psychology Forensic Psychology Gero-Psychology Health Psychology Industrial/Organizational Psychology Legal Psychology (Psychology of Law) Media Psychology Neuro-Psychology Para-Psychology Personality Psychology Positive Psychology Psychology of religion Psychology of women Psycho-metrics and Quantitative Psychology Rehabilitation Psychology School Psychology Social Psychology Sports Psychology

Data management Laboratory assistant Parent/family education Preschool teacher Public opinion surveyor Research assistant Teaching assistant they are examples of jobs that can be done with what degree in psycolgy

Bachelors

functionalism concentrated on what the mind does and how -- fuicntions

Behavior

five perspectives in psychology that are the most practiced today are

Behavioral, psychodynamic humanistic, neuroscience, and cognitive

Neuroscience

Consider how our brain and nervous system, and nervous system, and other biological aspects of the body influence our behavior

The ------ is a degree that requires a dissertation based on an original investigation. The ---- is obtained by psychologists who wish to focus on the treatment of psychological disorders

PhD PsyD

Psychodynamic perspective

The approach based on the view that behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control.

Developmental psychology

Studies how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death

true or false most psychologists who are self-employed treat clients

True

Clinical Neuropsychology

Unites the areas of neuroscience and clinical psychology it focuses on the origin of psychological disorders in biological factors. Buliding on an advance in our undertaking of the structure of the brain this specialty has already led to promising new treatments for psychologic disorders as well as debates over the use of medication to control behavior

Evolutionary psychology the Darwin arguments

a step furthers they argue that our genetic inheritance determines not only physical traits such as skin and eye color but certain personality traits and social behaviours as weel

abnormal

anxiety

Charles Darwin

arguments in his groundbreaking suggested that process of natural selection leads to the survival of the fittest and development of traits that enable a species to adapt to its environment

prosocial

attitudes

John Dewey

drew on functionalism to develop the fi eld of school psychology, proposing ways to best meet students' educational needs

behavioral perceptive

emphasize the role of experience in behavior

Wilhelm Wundt

established the first experimental laboratory devoted to psychological phenomena in Leipzig, Germany

borderline

obsession

To be the best informed consumer

on must employ critical thinking techniques which includes learning memory and cognition to name a few

Chapter 2

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Determinism is

the idea that behavior is a reflection of factors beyond the control if the individual

Behavioral

the only perspective of the big five psychological that emphasize observable over internal mental processes

Psychodynamic

the position of determine is supported by which major perspective

if treating someone for depression a humanist might focus on

their goals and aspirations