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| 14769963191 | psychology | the connection between the brain and body | 0 | |
| 14769966399 | behavior | something you can observe | 1 | |
| 14769943125 | socrates and plato | greek mind and body are separate - when the body dies, the mind still works knowledge is innate plato - how to make sense of innate info = introspection | 2 | |
| 14769945949 | aristotle | plato's student knowledge = logic, systematic observation scientific method | 3 | |
| 14769952231 | rene descartes | (1596 - 1650) dualism mechanistic view - spirits controlled actions, then he decided that humans were an exception to this mind/body interaction = pineal gland | 4 | |
| 14769957833 | francis bacon | founder of modern science | 5 | |
| 14769961640 | john locke | tabula rasa - we're born stupid, blank slate empiricism - we learn by watching, social and observational learning; positive or negative reinforcement | 6 | |
| 14769967516 | thomas hobbes | materialism ideas = behaviorism | 7 | |
| 14769969204 | wilhelm wundt | father of modern/ scientific psychology 1st psych experiment (1879) = 1st lab --> bouncy ball + reaction time developed voluntarism - volunteer attention | 8 | |
| 14769970836 | edward bradford titchener | studied under wundt introspection - study of consciousness; 3 parts - sensations, feelings, images; structuralism | 9 | |
| 14769972705 | william james | opposed structuralism; conscious = stream believed in 3 parts functionalism - adaptation, 3 functions | 10 | |
| 14769975140 | mary whiton calkins | James' student 1st woman president of APA (1905) research her focus: memory | 11 | |
| 14769976350 | margaret floy washburn | Titchener's 1st PhD student 1st American woman - PhD psychology APA's 2nd female president denied to study experimental psychology | 12 | |
| 14769981551 | until 1920's | focus: mental processes Wundt, Titchener - sensation, perception, processing information = mental processes James - stream of consciousness Freud = unconscious - repressed childhood causes adult behavior | 13 | |
| 14769982666 | 1920s - 60s | focus: observable + measurable behavior Watson, Skinner = behaviorists | 14 | |
| 14769983715 | 1960s | two new areas humanistic psychology Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow human potential - be the best that you can be focus: enviro influencing love, acceptance cognitive psychology / revolution dominant movement focus: taking in, processing, storing, retrieving info cognitive neuroscience | 15 | |
| 14769984792 | nature vs nurture | nature - dna, genetics, heredity, body nurture - enviro | 16 | |
| 14769985469 | person vs situation | behavior triggered - thoughts / emotions, incentives / other people what brings out behavior - way we think? enviro? society? | 17 | |
| 14769986677 | stability vs change | we have the ability to change can you teach an old dog new tricks? | 18 | |
| 14769990125 | diversity vs universality | alike vs different | 19 | |
| 14769992055 | natural selection | darwin - ancestors fended off predators and people to survive | 20 | |
| 14769993793 | levels of analysis | *bio, psycho, social* bio - DNA psycho - psychology social - environment the 3 levels interact with each other to make everyone the way that they are everything is related | 21 | |
| 14769996216 | biopsychosocial approach | *biological influences* genetic predisposition, hormones, natural selection EX: alcoholic - a family member: in DNA *psychological influences* how the brain works, perception, learned fears/expectations, emotional responses, cognitive processing/perceptual interpretation EX: alcoholic - the stress of peers *social-cultural influences* others' presences, familial/societal/cultural expectations, peer/group/media influences EX: alcoholic - peer pressure | 22 | |
| 14769997977 | how current perspective contribute to biopsychosocial | biological mind/body connection neuroscience and physiological behavior influenced - physical/chemical changes 2 chemicals - natural, synthetic (drugs) evolutionary psych how evolution influenced behavior mind = pre-wired - nurture, built based on DNA | 23 | |
| 14770000285 | behavior genetics | how DNA works with enviro + vise versa, personality; no definitive answer | 24 | |
| 14770000913 | psychodynamics | freud, how do our repressed memories (good or bad) influence our personalities and interactions in the environment; nature vs nurture, stability vs change | 25 | |
| 14770001390 | cognitive | how does our brain take in info, process it, store it everyone interprets things differently | 26 | |
| 14770001997 | behavioral | how you learn (are taught) - rewards and punishment, classical conditioning, visual, auditory, watching other people | 27 | |
| 14770002764 | social - cultural | how thinking and behavior varies - situation to situation, culture to culture how we work in enviro | 28 | |
| 14770003368 | psychometrics | scientifically studying abilities, traits, attitudes | 29 | |
| 14770004993 | basic research | experimentation, scientific side of psych focus: increasing scientific knowledge base | 30 | |
| 14770010704 | biological psychologist | relationship between hormones and brain what works first - how we think (mind), body, or chemicals | 31 | |
| 14770011260 | developmental psychologist | how do you develop from the time of conception to death | 32 | |
| 14770011830 | cognitive psychologist | memories - how do we process, store it perception, language, attention, problem solving, memory | 33 | |
| 14770012689 | personality psychologist | what makes you, you; nature vs nurture - dna or society/enviro | 34 | |
| 14770013237 | social psychologist | individual, group influences/ interactions, relationships how do other people influence people, how you influence people race, discrimination, prejudice | 35 | |
| 14770015279 | educational psychologist | influences of teaching, learning | 36 | |
| 14770016422 | experimental psychologist | human, animal behavioral processes scientific, lab-based | 37 | |
| 14770018050 | applied research | focus: solving practical problems | 38 | |
| 14770018643 | industrial/organizational psychologists | people/work environment relationships $$$ rich how to boost morale + fix coworker relations | 39 | |
| 14770019477 | neuropsychologist | neurological function/behavior relationships what is happening in the brain: what chemicals/hormones are/aren't being released what is the brain doing vs not doing - body's responses | 40 | |
| 14770019802 | forensic psychologist | works with criminals go into jails, interview inmates, determine whether or not they are mentally competent to go on trial sit in during jury selection - pick who stays and goes | 41 | |
| 14770021740 | health psychologist | health, prevention of disease hippies, feel good | 42 | |
| 14770021746 | rehabilitation psychologist | help with loss of function after illness, injury work with health psychologist to help the person overcome mental illnesses associated, learn how to function after disability | 43 | |
| 14770022625 | school psychologist | assess students in an educational setting | 44 | |
| 14770023746 | sport psychologist | help athletes overcome disabilities work with rehabilitation psychologists | 45 | |
| 14770027593 | clinical psychologist | evaluate, diagnose, find the cause, treatment of disorders have to be honest - if they get the wrong diagnosis it could ruin everything (helping profession) | 46 | |
| 14770028341 | counseling psychologist | "normal" issues parents divorced, not getting along with family no diagnosis (helping profession) | 47 | |
| 14770028962 | community psychologist | mental health - community setting transition people back into the community after being in jail or rehab; halfway house (helping profession) | 48 | |
| 14770028963 | psychiatrist | doctors - 4 years of med school, only ones that can prescribe meds (helping profession) | 49 |
