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Prologue
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Psychology | Scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| Basic Science | Curiosity |
| Applied Science | Aim to solve practical problems |
| Socrates | "The unexamined life is not worth living" Psychoanalytical approach |
| Plato | Individual possess an innate knowledge; cognitive approach |
| Aristotle | Knowledge comes from information stored in memory from experiences; behavioral approach |
| Enlightenment | Rene Descartes; Cogito ergo sum; Cognitive |
| John Locke | Tabula Rasa; blank slate; behavioral approach |
| Charles Darwin | Survival of the fittest; evolutionary approach |
| Wilhelm Wundt | Father of Psychology; first lab-Leipzig Germany, structuralism; Introspection |
| Structuralism | Wundt; Identify the components of the mind |
| Introspection | Wundt; Describe thoughts as observing an object |
| William James | Father of American Psychology; first lab in america-harvard; functionalism |
| Functionalism | William James; Identify the purpose of the mind |
| Somatic approach | Body |
| Evolutionary approach | Genetics |
| Biological approaches | Somatic & Evolutionary |
| Psychological approaches | Psychoanalytical, cognitive, Humanistic |
| Psychoanalytical approach | unconscience mind |
| Cognitive Approach | Conscience mind |
| Humanistic approach | Psychological health; studying healthy people |
| Social approaches | Behaviorist & socio-cultural |
| Behaviorist | Consequences to actions |
| Socio-cultural Approach | where you live; people around you |
| Clinical Psychologist | Big problems |
| Biological psychologist | Brain; genetics |
| Developmental psychologist | children's problems |
| Counseling psychologist | small problems |