Chapter 1, Psychology Review

The scientific study of behavior and

mental processes.

• Scientific Method

• Psychology

• Theory

Mental processes: internal, _____________activity of our minds, thinking, feeling, and remembering!!!

Psychology is _________________ and ________________________.

• precise

• by chance

• careful measurement

• fun

What are the four goals of psychology?

• thinking, processing, acting, behavior

• description, explanation, think, act

• thinking, processing, action, behavior

• description, explanation, prediction, control

Who is considered the "Father of Psychology"?

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Ivan Pavlo

Is psychology a science?

• yes

• no

__________________________as proposed by William James

Harvard professor, wrote Principles of Psychology

How the mind allows people to function in the real

world – how they work, play, and adapt to their

surroundings

Influenced by Darwin’s ideas on natural selection: the

passing of traits to offspring

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

• Objective introspection

• Psychoanalysis

What was Sigmund Freud's theory?

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• Psychosomatic

What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorder he observed?

• free will

• brain physiology

• external consequences

• the unconscious mind

Dr. John looks leans on the perspective that the unconscious mind influences an individuals behavior.

• functionalist

• cognitive approach

• psychodynamic approach

• learning