Psychology

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Psychology

• The study of mind and behavior

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Behavior

• Every measurable
• internal and external
• activity a living things
• does.

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Research, Research, Research

• For Psychologists to understand human behavior
  and help people, they must first conduct
  research.
• Basic functions of a research psychologist
• Conducting research.
• Studying the brains influence on behavior
• Making measurements to discover relationships.
• Depend on the scientific method to study
  behaviors.

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Types of Psychology

• Each are classified as one of two types
• Basic research (example adolescents need more
  sleep)
• Applied Psychology (In Minnesota this research
  resulted in being applied to the school system by
  having junior high and high schools start later
  in the morning and test scores went up)

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5 Major Psychological Perspectives

• Biological Perspective
• A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily
  events and changes associated with actions,
  feelings and thoughts.

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Learning ( or Behavioral) Perspective

• A psychological approach that emphasizes
• how the environment and experience affect
• a persons or animals actions.

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Cognitive Perspective

• A psychological approach that emphasizes
• mental processes in perception, memory,
• language, problem solving and other areas
• of behavior.

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Psychodynamic Perspective

• A psychological approach that emphasizes
• unconscious dynamics within the individual,
• such as inner forces, conflicts, or the
• movement of instinctual energy.
• This approach often utilizes
• psychoanalysis treatment for mental
• illness that emphasizes unconscious
• emotions and conflicts.