What is Psychology???

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What is Psychology???

• Module 1

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Psychology is ...

• Definition
• How is it a ________?
• ________ Sciences v. ________ Sciences

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Goals of Psychology

• ________ Behavior
• _______ the Cause of Behavior
• _______ Future Behavior
• ________ Behavior

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Current Approaches
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Psychobiological

• Looks at how the ____ (Genetics, Hormones, etc)
  influences our _______ (personality, emotions,
  motivations, memory, etc)

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Cognitive Approach

• Emphasizes the ____ and how we perceive, store,
  and interpret information. Interested in
  peoples patterns of thinking.
• Cognitive ____

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Behaviorism

• Examines only observable (overt) ____
• Interested in how we learn, modify, and condition
  behaviors
• Emphasis on ____

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Psychoanalytic Approach

• Stresses ____ and the impact on future behavior.
  Also believes in the ____.
• Sigmund Freud

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Humanistic Approach

• People have ____, and are naturally driven to
  reach their ____
• Self-Actualization

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Cross-Cultural Approach

• Looks at the influence of _______ upon behavior
  and thinking

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Historical ApproachesPre-1800s

• Stone Age
• Egyptians ... _____
• Greeks
• Phrenology
  1600-1700s

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Historical Approaches Mid 1800s - Early 1900s

• Structuralism...Wundt
• What is the ____?
• ________________

"Father"
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Mid 1800s - Early 1900s(continued)

• Functionalism
• How does the mind ______?
• James-suggested ways to _____ Psych!

Father of "Modern" Psych
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Mid 1800s - Early 1900s(continued)

• Gestalt Approach
• Perceptions

The ________ is more than the sum of the parts