Chapter 1- What is Psychology

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Psychology

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Scientific study of human behavior and mental patterns.

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Goals of Psychology

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1. Explaining behavior.
   2 Predicting and Controlling.
2. Psychological Research.
   4.Psychological Theories.

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Clinical Psychology

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Largest group of psychologists.

Try to change ineffective and harmful behavior.

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Psychiatrists

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Treatment and prescribe medicine to patients.

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Counseling Psychology

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Interview and test patients.
Treat people with adjustment orders.
Help them clarify goals, overcome adjustment problems, and meet challenges.

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School Psychologist

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Help students that interfere with learning.
Make classroom placement recommendations.
Observe student and talks to teachers.

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Educational Psychologist

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Psychological Factors ( Motivation, emotions, creativity, and intelligence. )
Cultural Factors ( Creativity and intelligence. )
Economic Factors (Level of income earned by family)

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Developmental Psychology

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Study through life span.

Changes in emotion, height, weight, and social bonds.

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Personality Psychologist

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Examines human traits.

Such as personality and origins of psychological problems.

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Social Psychology

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People's behavior in social situations.
External influences ( the way they treat other people. )

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Experimental Psychology

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Basic research

Research already done by other people done just to do it.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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Focus on people and their behavior in the work place.

Try to improve work conditions and increase productivity.

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Human Factors Psychology

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They deal with products.

How they work, how people use them, how will it improve life, the appeal of the product.

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Community Psychology

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Study and create social systems the promote individual well being.

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Forensic Psychology

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Work within the justice system.
Identify criminal behavior.
Help police officers deal with stress and dangerous situations.

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Rehabilitation Psychology

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Help patients compensate for disabilities and deal with everyday life.

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Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Study behavior and process under different cultural conditions.

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Aristotle

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Seek pleasure and avoid pain.

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Hippocrates

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Problems are caused by defects in brain.

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Wilhelm Wundt (Structualism)

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Discovery of basic elements of consciousness.

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William James (Functionalism)

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Concerned with how mental process help adapt.

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Sigmund Freud

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Unconscious motives and internal conflicts

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John B. Watson (Behaviorism)

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Agreed with importance of learning and thought that conscious was a personal activity and should be limited to measurable.

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Biological

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Nervous systems, glands, hormones, and genetic factors.

Biological processes influence behavior and mental processes.

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Evolutionary

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Physical Traits and Social behavior

Organisms adapt to survive and pass on genes

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Cognitive

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Interpretation of mental images, thinking and speaking.

Perceptions and thoughts influence behavior

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Humanistic

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Self-Concept

People make free and conscious choices.

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Psychoanalytic

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Unconscious motives

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Learning

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Environmental influences

Personal experiences

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Sociocultural

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Differences of people

Combination of S. B. and P.

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Biopsychosocial

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Biology psychology and social factors

Influenced by a lot and social factors.