Bell Question for 8/23/2010

•What are the Pro’s and Con’s of using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace?

A History of PsychologyChapter 1Section 3

More than 2,000 years ago, what ancient civilization began using psychology?

•Ancient Greece

•“Know Thy Self”

What does Introspection mean?

•Looking within

•Analyzing behavior

What is Associationism?

•Experiences remind us of similar experiences in the past.

•Déjà vu

•Seek pleasure to avoid pain

What is the idea behind Structuralism?

•Discovering basic elements of consciousness

▫Apple Color, Shape, Texture (Structure)

Taste, Experience

Functionalism can be defined as what?

•How mental process help organisms adapt to their environment

▫Bicycle Takes focus and attention to learn

Becomes second nature after repetition

What is psychoanalysis?

•Unconscious motives and internal conflicts determine human behavior.

What is psychodynamic thinking?

•Idea that claims most of what exists in the mind is unconscious and consists of conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes.

What is the idea behind Behaviorism?

•Study of observable behaviors.

•Claimed regardless of who we think we really are inside, we can be totally conditioned by external events.

• ____ Psychoanalysis c. Sigmund Freud•  • ____ Behaviorism d. B.F. Skinner•  • ____ Structutalism a. Wihelm Wundt•  • ____Functionalism b. William James d.

B.F. Skinner•