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Practices and studies related to maximizing mental and physical health of patients and understanding why some patients to not adhere to medical advice.

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Combining the practice of psychology and law.

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is the study of how people learn. By evaluating learning methods on student outcomes, these professionals research and strive to improve the instructional process.

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Focuses on research and teaching, human growth, development over the lifespan, personal, social, intellectual and emotional growth. It used to be primarily for infants and children but has since expanded to cover the entire lifespan

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Personality psychologist studies someones thinking patterns and acting patterns

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1. Forensic: the combination of psychology and the law, how psychology applies to the legal system.

2. Developmental: how psychology relates to how human beings grow and change over time.

3. Sports: how psychology affects sports and the physical body.

4. Educational: how humans learn.

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These psychologists use different scientific methods in order to collect data and perform differing types of research. They can do their research with participants, with both control and experimental conditions and can perform these experiments in places like universities, research centers, goverment facilities,  and private  businesses.

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Psychologists who provide clinical and counseling services to promote change in a subject. They also promote resilience to help people discover their strengths. Clinical psychologists tend to focus on patients with more severe mental health disorders where as the average psychologists would not. ex: OCD, Bipolar disorder, etc.

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Counseling:
- cognitive, behavioral psychology
- focuses on helping deal with outside factors in your life
- tailor plans to the specific individual

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Group 2 Best Group Functionalism, Structuralism, and Psychoanalysis

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Group 2 Best Group Functionalism, Structuralism, and Psychoanalysis

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Structuralism and Functionalism are the first modern schools of thought, followed by Psychoanalysis - the only early school whose relevance exists today. The cool thing about Psychoanalysis is that it showed people with mental health could get better! Just by talking things out! Groundbreaking.

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Historical process of Psychology:
Starts out with guessing (Aristotle, Plato), and progresses toward evidence and testing of theory with Wilhelm Wundt (first modern science person). Identify components of consciousness and how they combine to result in our conscious experience.

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what is psychology:
it is the study of the Mind, along with our thoughts, and behavior, also a way to explain what we perceive as life itself...by understanding our subconscious and conscious minds.

what do psychologists want to study:
psychologist study everything about the human experience from the basic workings of the human brain.

how do we put into our own words these clips, reports, and chapters from the greats that came before us? how do we understand psychology and the human mind?

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What is Psychology?
The scientific study of behavioral and mental processes.
What do psychologists want to study?
Psychologists want to study the brain, emotions, behaviors, biology of people, how people interact with the environment.
Historical Perspectives of Psychology? Functionalism and Structuralism
What do we want to learn in class?
Different approaches to dealing with different types of people. Understanding behavior from all types of people.

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What is Psychology?  What do Psychologists want to study?

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What is Psychology?  What do Psychologists want to study?

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What do you want to learn from this class?

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What do you want to learn from this class?

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External stimulus vs. internal stimulus
Nature vs. nurture
Psy. disorders
Application day to day
Control emotions
How to get help
Perception vs. sensation
Motivation
Methods of therapy

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What is psychology? What do psychologists want to study? The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Psychologists want to study the mental to process but also have to look at physical behavior.

Historical perspectives in psychology are functionalism, structuralism, naturalism. Everything all started with Aristotle (4th Century BCE).

What we would like to learn is how to apply psychology in every day life.

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1 - Forensic

2 - Developmental

3 - Sports

4 - Educational

5 - Clinical

6 - Counseling

7 - Industrial/Organizational

8 - Experimental

9 - Social

10 - Personality

11 - Health

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What is the main focus?
Society and culture

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
Individual choices
Genetics
Idealistic societal expectations

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What is the main focus?
Unconscious mind controls us!

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
Development continues after childhood
Evolution
Overgeneralized

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What is the main focus?
You can be your BEST self!

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
May not work everyone
A person's perspective can be skewed
Genetics
Physical

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What are the Historical perspectives in Psychology?

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What are the Historical perspectives in Psychology?

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Choose one, two or all of the following links below to read about the history of psychology.  Then, answer the question below.

Timeline of History of Psychology

Sutori Psychology Timeline

History of Psychology

What part of the history of the field of psychology stood out to you the most or seemed the most influential to you and why?

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What is the main focus?
Brain and body connection

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
Individual differences
Environmental influences

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What is the main focus?
Behavior!!!
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
Thoughts and feelings - The WHY

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What is the main focus?
Evolution shapes our thoughts, behaviors and emotions
Reproduction and living!

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
External influences
Dangerous or illegal
Crisis

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What is the main focus?
Nature vs. nurture

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?

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What is the main focus?
Thoughts!

What is this theory possibly missing or overlooking?
Environment / outside influences
Can't control our thoughts!