study of behavior and mental
processes
How is psychology different from psychiatry? - answer
Prescriptive priviledge
Applied specializations of Psychology - answer 1. Clinical
2. Counseling
3. Industrial/Organizational
4. Community
5. Forensic
6. Educational
7. Neuroscience/Biology
8. Developmental
9. Social/Personality
10. Cognitive
Basic Research Specializations - answer 1. Developmental
2. Personality
3. Physiological
4. Social
5. Health
,6. Comparative
2 types of diversity in the field of psychology - answer 1.
Geographic
2. Cultural/Racial
Who were Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark? - answer Husband
and wife team who made significant contributions to the history of
psychology- Provided research and expert testimony played key
role in Brown Vs. Board (separate public schools for black and
white students)
Who was Robert L. Williams? - answer 1. Founded the Association
of Black Psychologists
2. Pioneered the study of ebonics
3. Developed the Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity
(BITCH)
Who was Christine Ladd-Franklin? - answer AMONG the first
women to complete a psychology PhD
Who was Mary Whiton Calkins? - answer First woman to be
named president of the American Psychological Association
Margaret Floy Washburn - answer The FIRST woman to earn a
PhD in psychology
, Origins in the field of Psychology - answer 1. Philosophy
2. Physiology
Old-School Psychology (5) - answer 1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Psychoanalysis
4. Behaviorism
5. Humanism
Behaviorism - answer 1. Focus on observable behavior over
mental processes
2. A challenge to psychoanalysis
3. Uses rewards + punishments; chooses nurture over nature.
Studied by Watson, Skinner, and Pavlov.
Humanism - answer 1. A positive view of the human experience
2. Carl Rogers- Self-actualization and conditions of worth
3. Abraham Maslow- Hierarchy of needs
Psychoanalysis - answer 1. Created by Sigmund Freud
2. Role of the unconscious
3. Long-lasting influences of childhood experiences
4. The "talking cure"