PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapters 1-3 For Exam 1
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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes: behavior, mental processes. Psychologist vs. psychiatrist: psychologist, phd or psychd, defines what people have (cannot prescribe medication, psychiatrist, md, can prescribe medication. Areas in psychology: clinical looking at a clinical population (ptsd, developmental looking at how people change over their lifetime. Experimental: cognitive looking at memory, language (usually in an academic setting) Industrial looking at how people will work better in industries. Social looking at the relationship between people: personality looking at different personalities, neuropsychology looking at neurons in the brain, comparative looking at and comparing different animals to humans. School looking at different ways to help people in school. History of psychology: at the beginning, it was studied by philosophers (starting with aristotle, also medical doctors and physiologists. Edward titchener: one of wundt"s students, cornell university, expanded on wundt"s ideas to create the viewpoint known as structuralism. Focused on the structure or basic elements of the mind.
