Chapter 1
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| 741637268 | Psychology | The Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Processes | |
| 741637269 | Wilhelm Wundt | i. Established first Psychology Laboratory in 1879 at the University of Leipzig ii. Wilhelm Wundt is the founder of Psychology iii. Wundt Considered the Consciousness the primary focus of Psychology | |
| 741637270 | Stanley Hall | Important to growth of Psychology in America | |
| 741637271 | Structuralism | analyzing consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related | |
| 741637272 | Introspection | The careful, systematic self-observation of one's own conscious experience | |
| 741637273 | Functionalism | i. Psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure ii. William James, James Cattell and John Dewey | |
| 741637274 | Principles of Psychology (1890) | i. became standard reading for generations of psychologists and most influential text in history of psychology ii. William James | |
| 741637275 | William James | i. Functionalist ii. Principles of Psychology iii. Stream of Consciousness | |
| 741637276 | Sigmund Freud | i. Unconscious ii. Psychoanalysis | |
| 741637277 | Behaviorism | i. Theoretical Orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior ii. behavior is any Observable response or activity by an organism iii. John B. Watson | |
| 741637278 | B. F. Skinner | i. Behaviorist ii. Beyond Freedom and Dignity | |
| 741637279 | Humanism | i. a theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, and their freedom and potential for personal growth ii. Carl Rodgers and Abraham Maslow | |
| 741637280 | Applied Psychology | i. Everyday, practical Problems ii. Four areas: Clinical, Counseling, Educational and Industrial | |
| 741637281 | Clinical Psychology | Concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders | |
| 741637282 | Cognitive Psychology | i. interested in the acquisition of knowledge ii. Jean Piaget, Noam Chomsky and Herbert Simon | |
| 741637283 | Ethnocentrism | the tendency to view one's own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways | |
| 741637284 | Evolutionary Psychology | Behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for members of a species over the course of many generations | |
| 741637285 | Psychiatry | A branch of medicine which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders | |
| 741637286 | Clinical Psychology | Takes a non-Medical approach to treatment of psychological problems and disorders | |
| 741637287 | Empiricism | i. Conclusions are based upon direct observations ii. Skepticism | |
| 741637288 | Theory | A system of inter-related ideas used to explain a set of observations | |
| 741637289 | Multifactorial Causation of Behavior | Idea that Behavior is governed by a complex network of interacting factors | |
| 741637290 | Culture | The widely shared Customs, Beliefs, Values, Norms, Institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations | |
| 741637291 | Nature VS Nurture | The debate over which if you're Heredity or your Environment is responsible for your Behavior |
