Psychology
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- Dualism
- is the belief that the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls the brain
- A determinist
- assumes everything that happens has a cause that can be known.
- Comparative psychologist
- compare different animal species
- Psychoanalysts
- are psychotherapists who use mental health treatment strategies that are based on the theories and methods pioneered by Freud
- Psychology "word derive"
- Greek roots Psyche- soul or mind Logos-word
- Psychiatrists
- trained as medical doctors can prescribe prescription drugs
- evolutionary psychologist
- tries to explain behavior in terms of natural selection pressures promoting behaviors that lead to success in reproduction and survival
- Cognitive Psychologist
- studies the processes of thinking and acquiring knowledge
- Clinical psychologist
- advanced degrees in psychology, with a specialty in understanding and helping people with mental and emotional problems
- Monism
- "view that conscious experience is generated by and therefore is inseparable from the brain
- Developmental psychologist
- studies the behavioral capacities typical of different ages and how behavior changes with age
- Introspection
- to observe and report, to look within yourselves, to introspect.
- Functionalism
- understand how mental processes produce useful behaviors
- Structuralism
- describes structures that compose the mind and its sensations feelings and images
- Social psychologist
- studies how an individual influences and is influenced by other people
- Nuture
- Other scientists believe that people think and behave in certain ways because they are taught to do so.
- counseling psychologist
- works with career development and transitioning, adjustments in marital, social, behavioral, academic and vocational.
- Bio-psychologist
- tries to explain behavior in terms of biological factors
- Behavior
- it is everything we do that can directly be observed
- William Wundt
- father of psychology, was a physician who did research on the workings of the senses. Also first lab
- cross-cultural psychologist
- compares the behavior of people from different cultures
- Charles Darwin
- Forced scientists to consider that humans and other species had basic features in common, such as ancestors and intelligence
- Edward Titchener
- student of wundt and founder of structuralism
- Nature
- "Some scientists think that people behave as they do according to genetic predispositions or even ""animal instincts."" "
- school psychologist
- specializes in the psychological condition of the students
- Determinism
- the assumption that everything that happens has a cause or determinant in the observable world.
- William James
- wrote principles of psychology and founded functionalism
- Mental Processes
- It describes thought feelings, motives we experience privately cant be observed
- Francias Galton
- learn more about intelligence
- Psychology
- scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- Forensic psychologist
- provide advice and consultation to those who work in the criminal justice system
- Science
- it is the use of scientific methods to observe describe predict explain behavior
- Industrial psychologist
- study people's behavior in the workplace
- Believer in free will
- assumes that even with complete information regarding causes and conditions predictions regarding human behavior can never be fully accurate
- Free Will
- the belief that behavior is caused by an individual's independent decision making.