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| scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| List and describe the goals of psychology. |
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| Describe the behavior being studied, Explain why the behavior happens, Predict what the subject will do think or feel in situations, Influence behaviors so that subject will remain mentally stable over a long period of time. |
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| Describe popular research methods used by psychologists |
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| Compare psychology to natural science. |
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| Systematic and yields consistent results. |
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| Name the most common type of psychologist. |
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| When was the field of psychology born and when was modern psychology developed? |
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| Ancient Greece with phrenology. Modern in the late 1800s with Sigmund Freud. |
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| Adaptability and functioning better in an environment. |
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| Describe how learning occurs according to Gestalt psychologists. |
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| Through sudden insight; add experience into the whole equation. |
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| Describe Freud's approach to understanding behavior. |
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| Behavior is driven by our unconscious thoughts and desires. |
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| Compare the early psychoanalytical perspective with the contemporary psychoanalytical perspective. |
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| Early is Freudian unconscious and Contemporary is conscious choice. |
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| Describe biological perspective of psychology. |
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| Focuses on how biology affects behavior. |
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| Why do biologically oriented psychologist study the nervous system and genes? |
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| They study genes and hormones because they believe the chemicals in the brain affect behavior. |
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| According to cognitive psychologists, how do people store and retrieve information? |
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| Like a computer. Encode information, Store on a hard drive, and retrieve when needed. |
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| What was Sigmund Freud's theory of aggression? |
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| Unconscious motives and conflicts really determine our behavior and who we are. Aggression is natural and is suppressed until released. |
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| What does a psychiatrist do? |
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| Prescribe medicine, title of M.D., and focus on major mental illnesses. |
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| What does a psychologist do? |
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| Can't prescribe medicine, title of Ph. D., more like a counselor, and focus is on minor mental illnesses |
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| Give an example of psychology as a basic science and as an applied science. |
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Basic: study only to learn more, experimental
Applied: taking what you know about a subject and applying it to a situation in order to help someone, normal psychology |
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| Abraham Maslow important word: |
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| Functionalism important word: |
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| What is Wilhelm Wundt's approach based on? |
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| sensations and feelings based off of sensations |
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