History Of Pyschology

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Psychology

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the scientific study of thought and behavior

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cognitive psychology

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the study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak and solve problem.

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developmental psychology

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the study of how thought and behavior change and remain the stable across the life span.

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behavioral neuroscience

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the study of the links among brain, mind, and behavior.

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biological psychology

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the study of the relationship between bodily systems and chemicals and how they influence behavior and thought.

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clinical psychology

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the diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders and the promotion of psychological health.

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personality psychology

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the study of what makes people unique and the consistence in people’s behavior across time and situation.

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social pyschology

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the study of how living among others influences thought feeling, and behavior.

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health pyschology

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the study of the role psychological factor’s play in regards to health and illness.

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industrial/ organizational (i/o) psychology

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application of psychological concepts and questions to work settings.

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forensic psychology

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field that blends psychology, law and criminal justice.

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educational psychology

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the study of how students learn the effectiveness of particular teaching techniques, the social psychology, and the psychology of teaching.

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sports psychology

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the study of psychological factors in sports and exercise.

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shamans

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medicine men or women who treat people with mental problems by driving out their demons with elaborate rituals such as exorcisms incantations, and prayers.

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asylums

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facilities for treating the mentally ill in Europe during the middle aged and into the 19th century.

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moral treatment

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19th-century approach to treating the mentally ill with dignity in a caring environment.

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psychoanalysis

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a clinically based approach to understanding and treating psychological disorders; assumes that the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior.

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empiricism

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the view that all knowledge and thoughts come from experience.

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psychophysics

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the study of how people psychologically perceive physical stimuli such as light sound waves and touch.

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Sigmund freud

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20th-century Austrian who develop psychoanalysis

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Gustav Fechner (1801-1889)

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develop the idea of sychophysics

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Wilhelm Wundt

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In 1879, Wundt set up a psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany now consider the birthplace of experimental psychology.

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William James

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consider the founder of american psychology, open first psychology laboratory in USA, founded american psychology association (APA) most famous functionalists

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Marry Whiton Calkins (1863-1930)

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1st female APA president (1905). Havard did not grant her a (phd) degree because she was a women, even though she was an excellent student.

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structuralism

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19th century school of psychology that argued breaking down experience into its elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behavior.

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introspection

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the main method of investigation for structuralist; it involves looking into one's own mind for information about the nature of conscious experience.

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functionalism

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19th-century school of psychology that argued it was better to look at why the mind works the way it does than to describe it parts.

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behaviorism

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a school of psychology which proposed that psychology can be a true science only if it examines observable behaviors, not ideas, thoughts, feelings and motives.

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humanistic psychology

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a theory of psychology that focuses on personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one's highest potential.

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positive psychology

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scientific approach to studying, understanding and promoting healthy and positive psychological functioning.

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gestalt psychology

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a theory of psychology that maintains that we perceive things as wholes rather than as a compilation of parts.

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softwiring

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in contrast to hardwiring, means that biological systems -genes, brain structure, brain cells- are inherited but open to modification from the environment.

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nature through nurture

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the position that the environment constantly interacts with biology to shape who we are and what we do.

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mind-body dualism

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Rene Descartes proposed that the mind and body are separate entities. and either can take control of each other.

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evolution

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the change over time in the frequency with which specific genes occurs within a breeding species.

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natural selection

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a feedback process whereby nature favors one design over another because it has an impact on reproduction.

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adaptations

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inherited solutions to ancestral problems that have been selected for because they contribute in some way to reproductive success.

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Abraham Maslow

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Humanistic

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evolutionary psychology

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the branch of psychology that studies human behavior by asking what adaptive problems it may have solved for our early ancestors.

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John Watson

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Behavioralist

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By-product

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Carl Rogers

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William Jackson

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Hermann Von helmholtz

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Counseling psychologist

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Hippocrates

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Greek physician, first to document acrophobia fear of heights.

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Blank slate

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Tabula rasa (lAtin)