Term 1 Review

Question 1

1. What is psychology?

2. What is a theory?

Answer 1

1. The scientific study of behaviour and mental process.

2. An explanation of how or why a behaviour occurs

Question 2

1. Humanistic Perspective:

2. Sociocultural View:

Answer 2

1.Self (self-esteem), narcissism.
Explains behaviour coming from choices + free will.
Choices are influenced by self-esteem.

2.Society+culture (culture, race, social status, sexual orientation, religion, gender). High teen pregnancy=values of sex in society

Question 3

1. Behavioural Views:

2. Psychodynamic Views:

Answer 3

1. Learning behaviour, punishments and rewards. Behaviour is learnt and is influenced by others + events. (Do good on a test, will study to achieve same mark)
2. Unconscious, subconscious (past, trauma, childhood, injury) School shooter= has resentfulness on students

Question 4

1. Cognitive Views:

2. Biological/Physiological

Answer 4

1. Think, solving problems, perspective, viewpoint. How they process info, which influences behaviour. Depressed people think and perceive the world diff.
2. Brain (damage, nervous system, brain chemicals, genetics. Look for physical cause for a behaviour.

Question 5

Modern Perspectives:

Answer 5

1. Biological/Physiological
2. Cognitive
3. Psychodynamic
4. Behavioral
5. Sociocultural
6. Humanistic