Work Book
I. INTRODUCTION
Objective I.1
Define psychology.
Key Terms
Psychology- the science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems
Exercises
1. Put a check mark by each statement that is true regarding psychology.
_____ Psychologists study human behavior.
_____ Psychologists study animal behavior.
_____ Psychologists study emotions and mental processes.
_____ Psychology and "common sense" lead to the same conclusions about behavior and mental processes.
_____ Psychology is not a science.
Objective I.2
Describe the major schools of thought and theoretical perspectives in psychology. Key Terms
behaviorism psychoanalytic theory humanism cognitive perspective evolutionary psychology biological perspective
Exercises
1. Fill in the chart below. School of Thought | Important Theorist(s) | Main Ideas | Behaviorism | Ivan Pavlov, B.F Skinner, John B Watson, | Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than by internal forces. | Psychoanalytic Theory | | a theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of the behavior | Humanism | | | Cognitive perspective | | a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior | Evolutionary psychology | | theoretical perspective that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations. | Biological perspective | | a psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts. |
Objective I.3
Describe the ways in which increased interest in cultural variables has changed the field of psychology.
Key Terms
None
Objective I.1
Define psychology.
Key Terms
Psychology- the science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems
Exercises
1. Put a check mark by each statement that is true regarding psychology.
_____ Psychologists study human behavior.
_____ Psychologists study animal behavior.
_____ Psychologists study emotions and mental processes.
_____ Psychology and "common sense" lead to the same conclusions about behavior and mental processes.
_____ Psychology is not a science.
Objective I.2
Describe the major schools of thought and theoretical perspectives in psychology. Key Terms
behaviorism psychoanalytic theory humanism cognitive perspective evolutionary psychology biological perspective
Exercises
1. Fill in the chart below. School of Thought | Important Theorist(s) | Main Ideas | Behaviorism | Ivan Pavlov, B.F Skinner, John B Watson, | Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than by internal forces. | Psychoanalytic Theory | | a theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of the behavior | Humanism | | | Cognitive perspective | | a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior | Evolutionary psychology | | theoretical perspective that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations. | Biological perspective | | a psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts. |
Objective I.3
Describe the ways in which increased interest in cultural variables has changed the field of psychology.
Key Terms
None