Unit 1: methods and research

Question 1

cognitive approach

Answer 1

Emphasizes the role played by THOUGHTS in determining behavior. Cognitive psychologists study MENTAL PROCESSES to understand human behavior.

Question 2

Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Gordon Allport, Loftus, Bech

Answer 2

famous cognitive psychologist

Question 3

HUMANISTIC APPROACH

Answer 3

Emphasizes the importance of self awareness, making PERSONAL CHOICES, based on experiences, IMPROVEMENT, GETTING BETTER, SELF-ESTEEM. People choose to act the way they do

Question 4

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Answer 4

Famous Humanists:

Question 5

PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH

Answer 5

Emphasizes that UNCONSCIOUS forces determine our behavior. Experiences in our CHILDHOOD provide feelings, impulses, and instincts that are REPRESSED (pushed out of consciousness).
These unconscious forces come out later in life. Come about due to conflicts in our unconscious to satisfy wishes or needs (food, sex, aggression, etc.) and restrictions put on by society.

Question 6

Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung

Answer 6

Famous Psychoanalyst

Question 7

SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH

Answer 7

Emphasizes the role of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior. Study how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures.

Question 8

Paul Eckerd, Phillip Zimbardo, Solomon Asch, Stanley Milgram

Answer 8

Famous Socioculturalists:

Question 9

EVOLUTIONARY/SOCIOBIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Answer 9

Behavioral genes are passed down from generation to generation (started with Darwin)
NATURE V. NURTURE issues: Do we inherit our behavior or do we learn from the environment we are around?