APSY-UE 2 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Caffeine, Hallucinogen, Gestalt Psychology
3 Oct 2016
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Psychology study guide: psychology"s early history- william wundt: saw psych as the study of the conscious experience, considered the founder of psychology. Structuralism: how to structures of the brain relate to conscious experience. Functionalism: how the functions of the mind relate to conscious experience: william james- stream of consciousness. Psychoanalytic theory: studying the unconscious, attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing of the unconscious: sigmund freud- internal conflicts cause disorders/disruptions. Subfields: biopsychology, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, health psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology: key themes. Psychology is empirical (able to be observed) Psychology is theoretically diverse- interrelated ideas are used to explain thought. Psychology evolves in a socio-historical context- what"s happening in the world changes the definition of psych (ex. when we were able to study the brain, parts of behaviorism became obsolete and we defined psychology differently) Behavior is determined by multiple causes- nature vs. nurture. Research methods in psychology: the scientific method.
