1 WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?


1 BRANCHES Of PSyCHOLOGy


social 


groups


uses 1 gov planning


2 industry


organizational 


uses


design management + organiz. structure


neuropsych 


brain struc. 


nervous syst. i


behaviour


uses 1 medicine 2 commerce


group dynamics  motivation


development 


brain devel.


educational 


learning  testing


personality classification


behaviour uses staff select.


clinical


diagnosis of mental illness uses


hospitals


counselling 


death  divorce


uses schools universities


3


LANGuAGE ACquISITION IN CHILDREN prelinguistic


newborn cry, vocalize 1 week


recog. mother’s voice


2 months disting. ba/pa (Eng) 3 months sounds, respond 5-8 months understand basic vocab


linguistic


10-20 mths 1 word 24 mths 2 words 2-3 years sentences 5 years


cognitive development


vocab 10,000 to 15,000 words


4 5 History of Psychology


435 BCE Alcamaeon - optic nerve/brain g nervous system g body


129 AD Galen - cerebio-spiral fluid (brain + nervous system)


1515-1564 Versalius - full anatomy 1690 Locke - perception from sensory experiences


1758-1828 Gall - neuropsychology 1879 Wundt - lab research physical + r eflection g psychotherapy


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2 3


4 5


2-7/8 yrs preoperational 7-11 yrs concrete ops 11/12 yrs formal ops = abstract ideas


PAVLOV + SKINNER


Pavlov - 1849 Classical dogs


natural g stimulus food g salivate


flashing light g food


flashing light (no food) g salivate conditioned reflex no control over behaviour


classical + operant conditioning Skinner - 1904 Operant rats


rat in glass box


hit lever by chance g food cause = hit lever effect = food


operant condit. control over behaviour


11


2


Drug experiences new


to group low income


belong crime TEENAGERS


Dependencies


persuade to take drugs


easy to addictive drugs dependency need money


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