PSYCH 2010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Adaptation, Twin Study, Brainstem
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Know the role of wilhelm wundt in founding psychology during the year 1879 in leipzig, germany . Know the intellectual parents of psychology and what each contributed: philosophy and physiology. Know the basic areas or schools of psychology including structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, biological, evolutionary and positive psychology. Know the names of the major figures associated with each area. Figure 1. 3 gives a good summary of the contemporary prospectives but you will have to summarize structuralism and functionalism yourself from the earlier pages in the text. Know the professional psychological specialties and the type of research or job that each carries out. There is a good summary of these areas in figure 1. 7 on page 17. There are good summaries of this information in figure 1. 8 on page 18. Know the differences and similarities between a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist, discussed in lecture and you textbook. Know the seven unifying themes listed on pages 19-22.
