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Medical / health / Psychology

Medical / health / Psychology. Applied psychology Psychological knowledge necessary for all physicians in their practice. Psychology. Science of human mind, study of behavior and mental processes. Goals : to describe behavior and mental processes to explain them

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Medical / health / Psychology

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  1. Medical / health / Psychology Applied psychology Psychological knowledge necessary for all physicians in their practice

  2. Psychology • Science of human mind, study of behavior and mental processes. • Goals : • to describe behavior and mental processes • to explain them • to predict their characteristics in specific circumstances

  3. Applied science / tries to help solve a variety of human problems/= experimental ps. • Basic science / research that increases knowledge/ = general ps. • Wilhelm Wundt – the founder of modern ps., late nineteenth century • 5 main perspectives – provide valuable insight and are complementary

  4. Behaviorist perspective • Psychology focus on data, that can be objectively measured and observed • Early twentieth century / Pavlov, Watson../ • How learned associations give rise to specific responses / how rewards and punishments control behavior/

  5. Psychoanalytic perspective • Sigmund Freud • Unconscious drives and feelings stemming from unresolved childhood conflicts, they can be deprived of their power to dominate a person`s life if they are brought into awareness through psychoanalysis

  6. Humanistic perspective • People are free to become whatever they are capable of being • Human potential for self-actualization and fulfillment • Maslow, Rogers

  7. Cognitive perspective • Consider how people interpret events and stimuli around them, actions are based on understandings • Cognitions = understandings, thoughts, expectations, perceptions • Learning, memory, concept formulation, problem solving, decision making, language

  8. Neurobiological perspective • All human thoughts, feelings, actions are ultimately controlled by the nervous system • Rely on laboratory experiments to investigate basic behavior processes / sensation, perception, memory, learning/

  9. Personality psychologists measure and explain individual differences in behavior • Developmental ps. Explore changes in thought and behavior through the life cycle • Social ps. Look at the influence of social situations on human thought and actions • Educational and school ps. are concerned with the processes of formal education • Industrial and organizational ps. Focus on the relationship between people and their work • Clinical psychologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders • Health ps. Focus on psychological factors involved in physical illness and recovery from it • Artificial intelligence, environmental, peace ps

  10. Psychology • Can help you answer many questions you have asked about yourself and others • At the same time it can help you be more perceptive in evaluating psychological information you read and hear about

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