1. Psychology: The science that studies behavior and mental processes or cognition.

2. Four Goals of Psychology
DESCRIPTION –
Gather information and find facts
EXPLANATION –
Create hypotheses, research and test the
hypotheses, and construct theories
PREDICTION –
What will an organism do?
What will it think or feel?
CONTROL –
Seek to influence or control behavior in helpful ways

3. History of Psychology Stucturalism Functionalism Behaviorism Gestalt
Psychoanalysis
History of Psychology Jeopardy

4. Current Approaches Biological/ Biophysiological Humanistic
Psychoanalytical
Cognitive
Behavioral
Sociocultural

5. Approaches to Psychology

6. -Vocabulary: Psychology, structuralist, functionalism, inheritable traits (biological) , introspection, functionalist, psychoanalyst, behaviourist, humanist, cognitivist, psychobiologist

7. Functionalism
-functionalism:
-William James
-developed introspection: self-observed collection of one’s own mind -thinking, feeling, learning and remembering are all activites of the mind serving one major function: to help us survive as a species

8. Structuralist -Wilhelm Wundt 1879 -structuralist: studied human behaviour
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9. Inheritable traits -Sir Francis Galton ( ) -inheritable traits – heredity determines some behaviour -later research showed “A person’s heredity and environment interact to influence intelligence.” (UP p.16)
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10. -Psychoanalytic Psychology -Freud ( ) believed in the unconscious mind ruling actions -primitive biological urges are in conflict with the requirements of society and morality. -free association - a study of the unconscious
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11. -psychoanalyst: studies unconscious motives and conflicts to determine human behaviour, feeling, and thoughts
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12. -Behavioural psychology -Ivan Pavlov ( ) -"Pavlov's Dog" -classical conditioning for learning behaviour -subject is conditioned to associate events causing a reflex response to certain stimulus
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13. -Behaviourists - psychologists concerned with how a subject modifies their behaviour based on responses to events in thei environment.
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14. Humanistic psychology -humans are not controlled by events and environment. -each person is unique and has potential to develop fully
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15. Cognitive psychology -Behaviour is influenced by a variety of mental processes including perception, memories, and expectations.
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16. Biological psychology -study of how the brain, ther nervous system, hormones, and genetics influence our behaviour -ex: autism and low seratonin levels
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17. Sociocultural psychology -influence of cultural and ethnic similarities and differences on behavior and social functioning
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18. Structuralist
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19. Structuralist
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20. Structuralist
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21. Structuralist
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