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Definition of Psychology

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The science/study of behavior and mental processes

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What were Freud’s two motivators?

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Sex and aggression

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What is the psychoanalytic theory?

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Emphasizes the role of unconscious conflicts in determining behavior and personality. Emerged from the work of Sigmund Freud

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Behavioural Psychology

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Emphasizes observable behavior that can be objectively measured

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Who were three prominent behavioral psychologists?

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Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, & B.F. Skinner

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Biological Psychology

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Emphasizes genetics, the roles of various parts of the brain, and the structure and function of individual nerve cells

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Cognitive Psychology

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Compares the mind to a computer that encodes, processes, and stores information. Emphasizes thinking, percieving, and information proccessing.

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Evolutionary Psychology

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Influenced by Charles Darwin

Emphasizes the role played by natural selection and adaptaion in the environment of behavior and mental processes

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Humanistic Psychology

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Emphasizes the importance of self-esteem, free will, and choice in human behavior

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Who were two prominent humanistic psychologists?

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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Psychodynamic Psychology

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Emphasizes role of unconscious conflicts in determining behavior and personality

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Socio-Cultural Psychology

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Focuses on how culture and social situations affect the way people think, feel, and behave

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Developmental Psychologists

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Studies our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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Educational Psychologists

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Concerned with helping students learn

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Personality Psychologists

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Investigates out persistant traits

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Psychiatrists

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Medical branch that deals with mental, emotional, behavioral psych with medicine