Psych 101 (Thursday, 01/26/2006, 5th Period)

[romanywitch]

"Okay, guys? I forgot I told you we were gonna be having monthly quizzes. Because I didn't give you time to prep, it'll be an easy one this time, and we'll have some time for you to review your notes or ask questions before you take the quiz."


1. Name the four psychological perspectives we talked about before and define them.
2. Who's the father of modern psychology? And why does he annoy me so?
3. Name one part of the brain discussed in class, and its function.


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Previous classes are here. Wiki on psychoanalysis here. Copy/paste is your friend.


OOC: OCD coming soon up!

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1. Psychoanalytic Perspective: Behavior comes out of the unconscious, and there are drives and conflicts that shape personality.
Behavioral: Stimulus-response and behavior modification.
Cognitive: How do we process, store, and retrieve memories, how do we use information to solve problems and reason with.
Biological: Different parts of the brain have different uses and functions.

2. Sigmund Freud. Your mom.

3. The hippocampus, which controls a large portion of our memories.

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1. Psychoanalytic perspective The psychoanalytic approach focuses on the importance of the unconscious mind (not the conscious mind). In other words, psychoanalytic perspective dictates that behavior is determined by your past experiences that are left in the unconscious mind (people are unaware of them). This perspective is still based on Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective about early experiences being so influential on current behavior, but the focus on sex is not as great.

Behavioral The behavioral approach was founded by John B. Watson and originally rejected the study of mental processes in favor of the study of overt behavior (observable behavior) and external factors – study of observable events. The behaviorists believed all behavior was determined by stimuli in the environment. Today, this approach still stresses the importance of the environment on behavior, but also allows for inclusion of cognitive processes and feelings (early behaviorists rejected cognition in the study of behavior). It also includes altering of behavior.

Cognitive Focuses on the how people (and other animals) process, store, and retrieve information and how this information is used to reason and solve problems. Obviously, the part about reasoning is generally reserved for humans, although there is some argument concerning the possibility that other animals also reason and engage in problem-solving behaviors.

Biological/neuropsychology Biological psychology is a branch or type of psychology that brings together biology and psychology to understand behavior and thought. Biological psychology looks at the link between biology and psychological events such as how information travels thoughout our bodies (neural impulses, axons, dendrites, etc.), how different neurotransmitters effect things, such as sleep, dreams, and other behaviors.

2. Sigmund Freud His notion of sexuality?

3. The hypothalamus, which links the nervous system to the endocrine system by the synthesising and secretion of neurohormones, for example, GNRH, which then stimulate the secretion of hormones (e.g., FSH and LH) from the pituary gland. The hypothalamus is the part of the brain that controls homeostasis, food and drink intake, sleep-wake cycle, arousal and the expression of emotions.

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[stykera]

1. Psychoanalytic Perspective- Behavior comes out of the unconscious, and there are drives and conflicts that shape personality. Generally, psychoanalysts look at disorders and personality traits in terms of sexual and aggressive desires, plus the disguised effects of unfulfilled wishes, or childhood trauma.
Behavioral- How you learn your different reactions to any situation--fear responses, anger responses, whatever. Also, how to alter your behavior.
Cognitive- Thought processes. How do we process, store, and retrieve memories? And how do we use the information available to us to solve problems?
Biological-How the body and the brain affect someone's mood and behavior.

2. Sigmund Freud
3. The cerebral cortex controls the processing of information.

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