What is Psychology?:
The History of Psychology (in brief)
Contemporary Psychology:
sub-fields, perspectives, nature/nurture
Questions to consider:
- What are some important milestones in psychology's early development?
-How did psychology continue to develop from the 1920s through today?
-What is psychology's historic big issue?
-What are psychology's levels of analysis and related perspectives?
- What are psychology's main sub-fields?
- How can psychological principles help you learn and remember?
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| 1418422597 | behaviorism | the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2). | 0 | |
| 1418422599 | humanistic psychology | historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people. | 1 | |
| 1418422604 | cognitive neuroscience | the interdisciplinary study of how brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language). | 2 | |
| 1418422606 | psychology | the science of behavior and mental processes. | 3 | |
| 1418422608 | nature-nurture issue | the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture. | 4 | |
| 1418422610 | natural selection | the principle that, among he range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. | 5 | |
| 1418422612 | levels of analysis | the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. | 6 | |
| 1418422614 | biopsychosocial approach | an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. | 7 | |
| 1418422616 | basic research | pure science that aims o increase the scientific knowledge base. | 8 | |
| 1418422617 | applied research | scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. | 9 | |
| 1418422619 | counseling psychology | a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being. | 10 | |
| 1418422621 | clinical psychology | a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders | 11 | |
| 1418422622 | psychiatry | a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy. | 12 | |
| 1418422623 | positive psychology | the scientific study of human functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive. | 13 | |
| 1418422624 | community psychology | a branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environment and how social institutions affect individuals and groups. | 14 | |
| 1418422625 | testing effect | enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply reading, information. Also sometimes referred to a a retrieval practice effect or test-enhanced learning. | 15 | |
| 1418422626 | SQ3R | a study method incorporating five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review. | 16 | |
| 1418422627 | structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind | 17 | |
| 1418422628 | functionalism | a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral process function-how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish | 18 |
