Class 11 Psychology CH-1
Class 11 Psychology CH-1
Class 11 Psychology CH-1
- Chunnu Goli
· Unlike the mind the brain does not have a physical structure or location.
1. MIND :
B. BRAIN :
· Some behaviours are overt .i.e, they can be outwardly seen or sensed by an
observer. While some behaviours are covert , which means these are
hidden behaviours.
· All behaviours, covert or overt are associated with some sort of stimulus
in the environment or changes that happen internally or externally.
Psychology as a disipline :
· Here, the aim of the researcher is to know the cause and effect relationship
to make a prediction of the behavioural phenomenon and the behaviour
can be controlled if needed.
*HYPOTHESIS:
<-EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGY->
2. Functionalist approach :
3. Gestalt Psychology :
· In the early 20th century, a new perspective called the Gestalt psychology
emerged in Germany as a reaction to Wundt's 'structuralism' .
4. Behaviourism :
· Around 1910, John Watson rejected the ideas of mind and consciousness as
subject matters of psychology.
*The humanistic perspective was proposed by Karl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.
· It took a more positive view of human nature.
· Humanist, emphasised the free will of human beings as their natural striving
to grow and unfold their inner potential.
-> Modern cognitive psychology views human beings as actively constructing their
minds through their exploration in the physical and social world. This view is
sometimes called constructivism.
->Vygotsky took a view that mind is a joint cultural construction that emerges
as a result of interaction between children and adults.
Branches of Psychology :
1.Cognitive Psychology -
2.Biological Psychology-
3.Developmental Psychology-
· For many years the major emphasis was on child and adolescent
development,
4.Social Psychology-
6.Environmental Psychology-
7. Health Psychology-