week 1

Question 1

What is psych?

Answer 1

Scientific study of mind, brain, and behavior

Question 2

What are the psych & levels of analysis?

Answer 2

-societal
-behavioral
-mental
-physiological
-neurochemical
-molecular

Question 3

What are some current debates in psych?

Answer 3

-Nature vs. Nurture
-debate & freewill

Question 4

What is structuralism?

Answer 4

aimed to identify most basic elements or structures of psychological experience through introspection

Question 5

What is functionalism?

Answer 5

Aims to understand the adaptive purposes of thought & behavior

Question 6

What is behaviorism?

Answer 6

aims to uncover general laws of learning how people behave diff under diff conditions

Question 7

What is cognitive?

Answer 7

aims to demonstrate how mental processed shape our behavior

Question 8

What is Psychoanalysis?

Answer 8

aims to uncover mental processes that may operate below conscious awareness

attempts to uncover role of early life experiences

Question 9

What is Humanistic & Positive Psych?

Answer 9

aims to understand how individuals find meaning & meet their whole potential

Question 10

What type of education do u need to become a psychologists?

Answer 10

Doctorial