Unit 1 Review: Psychology

The scientific study of human behavior and mental processes.

• Psychology

• Research

• Sociology

• Philosophy

Why is Psychology important?

• It helps us to understand the world around us

• helps us better understand human behavior and provide practical ways to improve our mental, physical, and social welfare.

• We can learn about the past, and how people behaved

The goals of psychology are for Scientists seek to observe, describe, explain, predict, and control the events they study.

• True

• False

a statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and why they happen the way they do.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Clue

• Reasoning

The first recorded study of Psychology took place in...

• Greece

• Egypt

• Rome

• United States

Studied consciousness using the technique of introspection, studying your own thoughts.

• John B. Watson

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

Considered the “Father of Psychology”

• John B. Watson

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

Believed that a person’s thoughts and behaviors come from tension generated by unconscious motives and unresolved childhood conflict

• Wilhelm Wundt

• B.F. Skinner

• Aristotle

• Sigmund Freud

Believed people learn the same as animals and behavior which is reinforced (rewarded) will likely be repeated.

• B.F. Skinner

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington

• Gestalt Psychology

Instead of breaking down thoughts and behaviors in small elements you must look at the whole experiences.

• William James

• B.F. Skinner

• Gestalt Psychology

• Sigmund Freud