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Description
Mind Map by Lyndsey Pliskin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lyndsey Pliskin
over 9 years ago
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Psychology
- scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 4 main goals
- describe behavior
- predict behavior
- explain behavior
- control behavior
- describe behavior
- science
- use of scientific methods
- systematic research methods
- use of scientific thinking
- curiosity
- objectivity
- skepticism
- curiosity
- pseudopsychology
- approach to
explaining and
predicting behavior
and events that
appear to be
psychology, but is
not supported by
empirical, objective
evidence (doesnt
use scientific
method)
- approach to
explaining and
predicting behavior
and events that
appear to be
psychology, but is
not supported by
empirical, objective
evidence (doesnt
use scientific
method)
- use of scientific methods
- roots lie in philosophy and physiology
- structuralism--early school of psychology that used introspection to determine the structure and most basic
elements of the mind.
- functionalism -- early school of psych that focused on the the function of thought processes, feelings, and
behaviors and how they help us adapt to the environment.
- Major perspectives
- psychoanalytic-- unconscious conflicts at root of personal development
- behavioral-- human behavior as learned primarily through associations, reinforcers, and observations
- humanistic-- focuses on the positive and growth aspects of human nature
- cognitive-- considers the mental processes that direct behavior
- evolutionary-- examines the aspects of human behavior that are genetically passed along generations
- biological-- physiological and neurological basis of behavior
- sociocultural-- looks at the social and cultural influences that impact behavior
- biopsychosocial-- explains human behavior in terms of biological, psychological, and sociocultural behaviors
- psychoanalytic-- unconscious conflicts at root of personal development
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