Saturday, January 12, 2013

Developmental psychology

Developmental psychology- a branch of psych. That studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
Physiological psychology-
Experimental psychology
Personality psychology
Clinical and counseling psychology- a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
Social psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology- a subfield of psychology that studies and advises on workplace behavior.
Person-situation-
Stability-change-
Diversity-
Mind-body-
Psychology-science/study of behavior and mental process
Scientific method-
Theory-an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observations
Hypothesis- educated guess
Structuralism- Wilhelm Wundt argued that the subject matter of psychology was immediate experience
Functionalist theory- William James defined psychology as the study of the mind as it functions in adapting the organism to the environment
Psychodynamic theory- Sigmund Freud concluded that unconscious mental forces direct our everyday behavior
Behaviorism- John Watson and B.F. Skinner redefined psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior
Gestalt psychology- Max Werthheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler defined it as the study of immediate experience of the whole organism.
Existential psychology-
Humanistic psychology-

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