PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Humanistic Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: T Srull

Document Summary

Structuralism: early school of thought promoted by wundt and titchener; used introspection to reveal structure of human mind. Functionalism: early school of thought promoted by james and influenced by. Darwin; explored how mental & behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. Behaviorism: (1) view that psychology should be objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2) Humanistic psychology: historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential. Cognitive neuroscience: interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, & language) Nature-nurture issue: longstanding controversy over relative contributions that genes and experience make to development of psychological traits & behaviors. Natural selection: principle that, among range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction & survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. Evolutionary psychology: study of evolution of behavior and mind using principles of natural selection.