Basic Psychology

Question 1

Behaviourism

Answer 1

• behaviour can be explained by environmental causes

- focused on observable behaviour

Question 2

Psychoanalysis

Answer 2

• psychodynamic
• influence of the unconscious mind on behaviour
• id, ego, superego

Question 3

Humanistic

Answer 3

• individual free will
• personal growth
• self-actualization

Question 4

Gestalt

Answer 4

• look at the whole of experience, rather than breaking down thoughts and behaviours into their smallest element

Question 5

Cognitive

Answer 5

• studies mental processes

Question 6

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

Answer 6

• sensorimotor (birth to 2)
• preoperational (2-7)
• concrete operational (7-11)
• formal operational (12+)

Question 7

Sensorimotor Stage

Answer 7

• basic actions
• object permanence
• separate beings from people and objects around them

Question 8

Preoperational Stage

Answer 8

• begin to think symbolically
• egocentric
• concrete

Question 9

Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 9

• begin to think logically
• concept of conservation
• logical and organized thinking

Question 10

Formal Operational Stage

Answer 10

• abstract thinking and reasoning

- deductive logic