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Exam 1
PS 101
9
Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/09/2010

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Term
structuralism
Definition
Father: Wilhelm Wundt (student: Titchener)
Interested in what happens. Early approach that emphasized experiences.
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functionalism
Definition
Father: William James
Emphasized the function or purpose of behavior or consciousness
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Psychoanalysis
Definition
Father: Sigmund Freud
His theory emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts. "A person's unconscious is timeless"
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Biological approach
Definition
psychological approach that focuses on how bodily events affect behavior, feeling, thoughts. Involves hormones, heredity, brain chemistry and evolution
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Behavioral Approach
Definition
psychological approach that's with how the environment and experience affect a person's actions. Example: Little Albert
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cognitive approach
Definition
the psychological approach that emphasizes what goes on in people's heads.
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psychodynamic approach
Definition
emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy
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sociocultural approach
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our cognitive developmental processes, learning processes, are merely products of our society and culture. Different cultures have various systems, including: beleifs, values, manners, normative behaviors, and practices.
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logotherapy
Definition
focusing on the will to meaning
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