PSY 103 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hypothalamus, Robert Sapolsky, Neuroscientist
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Humanistic psychology: our self-conception/self actualization influence behavior. Cognitive psychology: the way we think influences our behavior. Psychodynamic psychology: early childhood experiences and the unconscious influence behavior. Biological psychology: behavior is influenced through inherited traits. Behavioral psychology: a collection of response tendencies that are tied to various stimulus situations influence behavior. The scientific and systematic study of human behavior and mental processes. List various fields of study in psychology: developmental; healthy; social; sports; List various careers in psychology: teach and research; working with individuals (therapy); working with organizations. What makes us happy: very important: health, success, positive & healthy relationships, positive attitude, meeting basic needs (eating, sex, etc. , somewhat important: money (economic status), environment-neighborhood, not important: material items, brands, negative people. The study of how early childhood experiences and the unconscious influence behavior. List various theorists: freud; jung; karen horney (e); bowlby; mary ainsworth; The psychoanalytic view which falls in the psychodynamic family.
