chapter #2

Question 1

Biological psychologists?

Answer 1

• seeks to understand how the brain functions to understand behaviour

Question 2

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGISTS?

Answer 2

• They study the human brain in terms of parts, or systems.

Question 3

the brain’s 4 lobes and their functions?

Answer 3

• Frontal lobe: movement
• Occipital lobe: visual
• Parietal lobe: sensory (touch, pain)
• Temporal lobe: sound

Question 4

PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE?

Answer 4

• says that there are psychological forces underlying human behaviour, feelings, and emotions.
• Originated with Sigmund Freud

Question 4

consciousness?

Answer 4

is the awareness of the self in space and time. there are two types of conscious experiences:
- Phenomenal: in the moment
- Access: memory.

Question 5

Freud’s 3 levels of consciousness

Answer 5

1. Conscious: ego
2. Preconscious: super Ego
3. Unconscious: ID

Question 6

Psychoanalysis?

Answer 6

behavioural change through having patients talk about their difficulties

Question 7

Carl Jung?

Answer 7

Expanded on Freud’s theories, introducing the concepts of the
archetype, the collective unconscious, and individuation.

Question 8

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Answer 8

questionnaire designed to measure how people perceive the world and make decisions.

Question 9

Latent Content?

Answer 9

unconscious wishes or fantasies.

Question 10

Manifest Content?

Answer 10

is superficial or meaning less.

Question 11

Threat-simulation theory?

Answer 11

the practice of responding to threatining events.

Question 12

Expectation fulfillment theory?

Answer 12

Dreams are metaphorical in order to avoid false memories.

Question 13

Activation-synthesis theory?

Answer 13

dreams don’t mean anything.

Question 14

Continual-activation theory?

Answer 14

dreaming is a result of brain activation and synthesis.

Question 15

behaviourist Perspective?

Answer 15

focuses on observable behaviour as a means to studying the human psyche

Question 16

Humanistic psychology?

Answer 16

a human capacity to be self-determining.

Question 17

client-centred therapy?

Answer 17

supportive environment in which clients can re-establish their true identity.

Question 18

Existential therapy?

Answer 18

present and future questions.

Question 19

Gestalt Therapy?

Answer 19

client to be more aware of feelings.

Question 20

positive physiology?

Answer 20

combines emotion and intuition with reason and research.

Question 21

what does the ABCDE model stand for?

Answer 21

Adversity, Belief, Consequence, Disputation, Energization

Question 22

Flow?

Answer 22

flow is a state of optimal performance.

Question 23

Cognitive psychology?

Answer 23

study of mental processes such as attention, memory, problem-solving, creativity, and thinking. how you use your fucking brain.

Question 24

Evolutionary psychology?

Answer 24

understand the emotional connection between people and the natural world.

Question 25

what do behaviourists study?

Answer 25

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning