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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: caisi ch1 21, THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1.13 ethical concerns with experimenting on animals and humans. protection of rights, well being of participants, informed consent, justification when deception is used,the right to withdraw at anytime,protection of physical and psychological harm.confidentiality, de briefing at the end,correcting any undesirable results., THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1.2 psychology then the history of psychology. how did structuralism and functionalism differ who were the important people in those early fields?, four goals description,explanation,prediction,control ????, THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1.1 what Is Psychology What defines psychology;four primary goals., skinners operant conditioning of voluntary behavior became a major force in the 20th cent. he intoduced the concept of reinforcement to behaviorism. humanisn which focuses on free will and the human potential for growth was developed by maslow and rogers among others as a reaction to the deterministic nature of behaviorism and psychanalysis. cognitive psychology is the study of learning memory language and problem solving and includes the field of cognitive neuroscience., THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1. 1.14 basic principals of critical thinking., 1.7 naturalistic,laboratory setting used to define behavior/pros vs cons naturalistic observations involve watching things in their natural enviro, but lack control laboratory involves watching things in an controlled situations such as a lab., THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1.3 issues in psychology ,african roots basic ideas,who were the important people in early approaches known as gestalt,psychoanalysis and behaviorism?, 1.9 correlational technique, what does it say about relationships its a statistcal technique that allows researches to predict relationships frm variables of interest positive correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched with other increases, negatives exist when an increase is matched with a decrease., how did structuralism and functionalism differ who were the important people in those early fields? in 1879 psychology began as a science of its own in germany with the establishment of wundt's psychology laboratory. he developed "objective introspection". titchener a student of wudnt, brought psychology in the form o structuralism to america. struralism died out in the early 20th century. Margaret F. Washburn, Titchener's student, was the first woman to recieve a Ph.d in psychology in 1894 and published "the animal mind", cognitive psychology is the study of learning memory language and problem solving and includes the field of cognitive neuroscience. biopsychology emerged as the study of the biological bases of behaviorism such as hormones heredity chemicals in the nervous system,structural defects in the brain, and the effects of psycial disease. the principals of evolution ans the knowledge we currently have about evolution are used in this perspective to look at the way the mind works and why it works as it does. behavior is seen as having an adaptive or survival value., THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY ???? 1.9 correlational technique, what does it say about relationships, case study;detailed investigation of one thing- surveys; standardized questions for a large group info from one case cannot be applied to another, people may lie on a survey or always remember all the info ????, many of psychologys early pioneers were minrioties such as the african americans who despite prejudice and racism made important contributions to the study of human and animal behavior. functionalism influenced the modern fields of educational psychology,evolutionary psychology,industrial/organizational psychology., what are the basic ideas behind the seven modern perspectiives and what were the important contributions of skinner,maslow,and rogers? modern freudians such as anna freud,jung,and adler changed the emphasis in freuds original theory into a kind of neo-freudianism. skinners operant conditioning of voluntary behavior became a major force in the 20th cent. he intoduced the concept of reinforcement to behaviorism., What defines psychology;four primary goals. pyschology is the scientific study of behavior and mental process. four goals, THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1.5 psychological professionals and specialization psychology vs psychiatist other types of professionals in psychology., protection of rights, well being of participants, informed consent, justification when deception is used,the right to withdraw at anytime,protection of physical and psychological harm.confidentiality, de briefing at the end,correcting any undesirable results. ???? animals make useful models, easier to control have simpler behavior, and can be used in ways that humans cannot., THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 1.8 case studios,surveys drawbacks of both case study;detailed investigation of one thing- surveys; standardized questions for a large group, experiments= tightly controlled, detemine cause and effect. independant variable changes dependant variable stays the same