Psy 201 Study Guide

1) Define psychology and trace its historical development.
Psychology is the scientific research of the study of the human and animal behavior and mentalities. So in general the study is about how, what and why the human brain functions the way they do. As well as why mental illnesses exist. Psychology is from many other ideas and theories about science that were brought up and put to the world to see. An example is Nicolaus Copernicus, published the idea of the world not being the center of the universe but in fact, revolved around the sun. So overall, as the history of alternative perspectives about science evolve, so did psychology.

2) Explain the three early psychologies.
Structuralism, Functionalism and Inheritable traits were three

But each of them go into depth with different purposes. Structuralism is a theoretical pattern about thoughts and breaking down the mental process. While behaviorism involves environments being the reason behind behavior.

4) Examine and describe the two influential movements in psychology.
Basic science and applied science are the two influential movements in psychology to help animal or human behavior. Basic science has to do more with researching. Having long term goals to help find out more about the brain. While applied science is about discovering more. Using what psychologist already know to help out others.

5) Explain and describe what psychologist do, research and practice.
Psychologist observe, analyze and evaluate human and animal behavior. There are many fields of studies that fall into the category of being a psychologist. A couple of the most popular ones are clinical psychologist and counseling psychologist. Each psychologist major have different purposes. But overall are about why our brain functions the way it does and what can be done to help. About 36% percent of psychologist work for an academic institution, 17% percent work for hospitals and clinics. Others work with counseling, schools,