History and Approaches of Psychology

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  1. 4. The belief that experience creates knowledge, and that science should rely on observation and experimentation. Founded by John Locke
  2. 8. This approach focuses on the evolutionary origins of behavior patterns and mental processes
  3. 9. A psychological perspective that examines the ways in which the social and cultural environments influence behavior
  4. 10. An approach to psychology in which behavior and behavior disorders are seen as the result of physical processes, especially those relating to the brain and to hormones and other chemicals
  5. 11. an approach to therapy centered on the idea that people must take responsibility for their lives and actions
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  1. 1. Approach that states that behavior reflects unconscious internal conflict between inherited instincts and society's behavioral rules
  2. 2. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function(from an evolutionary basis) - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. Founded by the great William James
  3. 3. A theoretical perspective that focuses only on objective, observable reactions. Behaviorism emphasizes the environmental stimuli that determines behavior
  4. 5. An early school of psychology (earliest) that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind, started by Edward B. Titchener
  5. 6. View that psychology ,should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Think (B.F. Skinner and Watson)
  6. 7. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
  7. 12. According to this approach, behavior is a result of information processing, such as perception, memory, thought, judgment, and decision making