unit 1 - history & approaches

Question 1

psychology

Answer 1

the science of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

1: Structuralism

Answer 2

• used introspection to break down the mind
• wilber wundt & edward titchener: gave ppl journals and told them to document how they felt when experiencing a specific emotion

not reliable

Question 3

2: Functionalism

Answer 3

• instead of trying to figure out what’s happening in the body, how they’re FUNCTIONING with this emotion
• focused on why (the purpose) of our behaviors

William James

Question 4

3: psychoanalysis

Answer 4

sigmund freud

unconscious mind dictates behavior now - mind had levels

id, ego, superego

Question 5

4: Behaviorism

Answer 5

focuses on observable behaviors (conditioned responses)

pavlov, watson, skinner

Question 6

cognitive (contemporary)

Answer 6

how people perceive, learn, remember, and think

Question 7

psychodynamic (contemporary)

Answer 7

students of Freud who still say that early childhood impacts the unconscious but separate themselves from Freud

Question 8

humanism (contemporary)

Answer 8

nurturing personal growth