Py-9/25/24: Fields of Psychology

SNOWBALL FIGHT!
Fill in your key-terms sheet

Match

Match the following terms with their definition

• Introspection

• Functionalism

• Psychology

• Behaviorism

• Freudian

Examination of one's own thoughts and feelings

The theory that mental states are defined by their functional role

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

The theory that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment

Emphasizes unconscious thought processes

• Examination of one's own thoughts and feelings

• The theory that mental states are defined by their functional role

• The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• The theory that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment

• Emphasizes unconscious thought processes

Match

Match the following

• Humanistic

• Nature

• Nurture

• Natural Selection

• Neuroscience

Focuses on individual potential

Importance of environment & surroundings

Influence of upbringing

Survival of the fittest

Body & brain enable experiences

• Focuses on individual potential

• Importance of environment & surroundings

• Influence of upbringing

• Survival of the fittest

• Body & brain enable experiences

Multiple Choice

This Greek philosopher taught that observation and comparison were necessary to gain knowledge.

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Alexander

EXPERIMENT: Speed of Thought

EXPERIMENT: Speed of Thought

​Let's discussion the following questions:

• How does the complexity of a situation effect one's mental processes?

• What happens when there are multiple alternate stimuli, or multiple alternate responses?

• What other factors (besides complexity) affect someone's reaction time?

• What is the value of researching reaction time?

Multiple Choice

Who said the following? "I believe in understanding the elements of the mind by using introspection."

• William James

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Max Wertheimer

• Sigmund Freud

Multiple Choice

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  

• structuralism
• introspection
• functionalism
• psychometrics

Multiple Choice

Which early psychological perspective believes that the mind can be broken up into separate parts?

• introspection

• structuralism

• functionalism

• empricism

Match

Match the following

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Behavior Genetics

• Psychodynamic

• Behavioral Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

Study of how evolutionary principles influence human thought and behavior.

Examination of genetic influences on behavior.

Focus on unconscious processes and childhood experiences.

Analysis of observable behavior and its relationship with the environment.

Focuses on memory processes

• Study of how evolutionary principles influence human thought and behavior.

• Examination of genetic influences on behavior.

• Focus on unconscious processes and childhood experiences.

• Analysis of observable behavior and its relationship with the environment.

• Focuses on memory processes