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Psychology:the study of mental processes and behaviour
Psychology
psychology is the scientific
investigation m ental
(thinking, remembering and
feeling)
·
of
processes and behaviour
understanding a
person requires attention to the individual's biology, psychological experience and cultural context
and culture provide possibilities and constraints within which think, feel and act
biology people
sub-discipline positive
of
psychology 3
concepts to
lively positively (optimism, self-efficacy and happiness) understanding
the factors thathelps people flourish
conclusions are always drawn from an assesment t his
of
empirical, whatwe
not feel think
The boundaries and borders of
psychology
of
↑
and
biopsychology examines the physical basis psychological phenomena such as motivation, emotion stress
sociocultural modern interaction and the cultural
the perspective represents a
approach to psychology that
emphasises social
determinants of behaviour and mental processes
cultural and cross-cultural psychologists each adoptt h e approach thatc ontentand context
o fa culture, rather than absolute universal
truths, are important considerations in the
study of human behaviour
Functionalism vs. Structuralism
functionalism is concerned with how the human mind operates, and how our consciousness functions to assistwith
adaption
functionalism rise to modern field of evolutionary
gave the
psychology
structuralists concerned with down mind structure'
were
breaking the into it's basic components, or
structuralists believed that
by breaking down the mind down into it's basic could discover how
parts, we mental processes
are structured and learn about
higher thinking
structuralism perception is a thati s butrelated discover
process separated to sensation
through subjects' introspection
Perspectives in
psychology
any psychological issue can be
approached using a number ofperspectives
we can be biased in our
perspective
broad t heoretical
a
paradigm is a
system of
assumptions employed by a scientific
community
psychology lacks unified paradigm buth as several
I
"ism's
"
a schools
thoughto r
of
Psychology:the study of mental processes and behaviour
Psychology
psychology is the scientific
investigation m ental
(thinking, remembering and
feeling)
·
of
processes and behaviour
understanding a
person requires attention to the individual's biology, psychological experience and cultural context
and culture provide possibilities and constraints within which think, feel and act
biology people
sub-discipline positive
of
psychology 3
concepts to
lively positively (optimism, self-efficacy and happiness) understanding
the factors thathelps people flourish
conclusions are always drawn from an assesment t his
of
empirical, whatwe
not feel think
The boundaries and borders of
psychology
of
↑
and
biopsychology examines the physical basis psychological phenomena such as motivation, emotion stress
sociocultural modern interaction and the cultural
the perspective represents a
approach to psychology that
emphasises social
determinants of behaviour and mental processes
cultural and cross-cultural psychologists each adoptt h e approach thatc ontentand context
o fa culture, rather than absolute universal
truths, are important considerations in the
study of human behaviour
Functionalism vs. Structuralism
functionalism is concerned with how the human mind operates, and how our consciousness functions to assistwith
adaption
functionalism rise to modern field of evolutionary
gave the
psychology
structuralists concerned with down mind structure'
were
breaking the into it's basic components, or
structuralists believed that
by breaking down the mind down into it's basic could discover how
parts, we mental processes
are structured and learn about
higher thinking
structuralism perception is a thati s butrelated discover
process separated to sensation
through subjects' introspection
Perspectives in
psychology
any psychological issue can be
approached using a number ofperspectives
we can be biased in our
perspective
broad t heoretical
a
paradigm is a
system of
assumptions employed by a scientific
community
psychology lacks unified paradigm buth as several
I
"ism's
"
a schools
thoughto r
of
