PHI 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Conscientiousness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Iva Apostolova

Document Summary

Psychology: the discipline concerned with behaviour and mental processes and how they are affected by an organisms physical state, mental state, and external environment. Wilhem wundt: established first pysch lab in 1879. Introspection: observe, analyze and describe your own sensations and emotions. Analyze consciousness into elements ( wundt and titchener) Included study of children and animals interested in purpose (james and darwin) Behaviourism: emphasizes the study of observable behaviour and role of environment. Biological perspective: how bodily events affect behaviour, feelings, and thoughts. Cognitive perspective: (testing, memory, language, and problem solving) emphasizes mental process in perception. Socio-cultural perspective: social and cultural influences on behaviour. Psychodynamic perspectives: (cid:894)i(cid:374)sti(cid:374)(cid:272)ts(cid:895) e(cid:373)phasizes u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious d(cid:455)(cid:374)a(cid:373)i(cid:272)"s (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:894)u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious thoughts, desires, conflicts) Learning perspective: ho(cid:449) e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e affe(cid:272)t a perso(cid:374)"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Humanist psychology: personal growth & achievement of human potential (rejected psychoanalysis and behaviourism) Psychiatrists: medical doctors who diagnose & treat mental disorders. Experiment: controlled test in which researcher manipulates one variable to discourser effect.