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1
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what are the five approaches in psychology?

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-biological
-learning
-cognitive
-psychodynamic
-humanistic

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what is introspection?

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the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness

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who is wilhelm wundt?

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a German psychologist and professor.
known today as ‘the father of philosophy’

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what are the 4 goals of psychology?

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-description
-explanation
-prediction
-change

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what is the biological approach

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hormones, brain psychology

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what is the cognitive approach

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thought processes and perception of the world

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what is psychodynamic approach

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unconscious mind

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what is humanistic approach

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need for fulfilment

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structure of personality

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id ego superego

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what is the definition of psychology?

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the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour

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what is the definition of science?

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a means of acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation

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when did wilhelm wundt open his first institute?

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Leipzig in Germany, 1870s

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what did wilhelm wundt do?

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  1. promoted the use of introspection
  2. paved the way for later controlled research and the study of mental processes
  3. looked at sensations and emotional reactions
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what were the four goals of his study?

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  1. Description
  2. Explanation
  3. Prediction
  4. Change
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who criticised introspection and why?

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Watson, as he thought it was too subjective
Measuring concepts can’t be seen and varied among individuals

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what did watson establish?

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The behaviourist approach, and along with it the emergence of psychology as a science. Focused on a scientific process involving lab experiments

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who founded the psychodynamic approach?

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Sigmund Freud

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18
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what does Sigmund freud argue?

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that behaviour is due to psychological factors

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what drives our behaviour according to Freud?

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the unconscious mind

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what is the innate drive?

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natural longing or instinct for something that drives our behaviour and personality

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what does the iceberg model include?

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  1. the conscious mind
  2. pre conscious mind
  3. unconscious mind
22
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what is our unconscious mind thought to show through according to Freud?

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dreams, Freudian slip, neurotic, symptoms, creativity

23
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what does our unconscious mind also contain?

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threatening and disturbing memories that have been repressed

24
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what is the tripartite system?

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three parts to our personality

25
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what do all three parts of our personality demand?

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gratification

26
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what is the id?

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•primitive part of our personality
•birth - 18 months
•operates on the pleasure principle
•entirely selfish and demands gratification of its needs

27
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what is the ego?

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•18 months - 3 years
•mediates between the id and superego
•tries to reduce conflict between if and superego
•does this through defence mechanisms

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what is the superego?

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•internalised sense of right and wrong
•3 - 6 years
•operates on the morality principle
•represents the moral standards of the child’s same sex parent
•strives for the ego ideal which determines by strict self parenting

29
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what is the cognitive approach?

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The term cognitive means mental processes. This approach is focused on how our mental processes such as thoughts,perceptions and attention impact behaviour.

30
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what is internal mental processes?

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Private operations of the mind such as perception and attention that mediate
between stimulus and response.

31
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what is a schema?

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A mental framework of beliefs and explanations that influence cognitive
processing. They are developed from experience.

32
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what is inferences?

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The process whereby cognitive psychologists draw conclusions about the way mental processes operate on the basis of observed behaviour .

33
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what is cognitive neuroscience?

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The scientific study of biological structures that underpin cognitive processes.

34
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what two models are used in the cognitive approach?

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•theoretical model
•computer model

35
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what is the theoretical model?

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Theoretical models, such as the information processing approach, suggest that information flows through a sequence of stages that include input, storage, and retrieval.

36
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what is the computer model?

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Computer models refer to programmes that can be run on a
computer to imitate the human mind – the mind is compared to a computer.

• For example, a computer uses ‘coding’ to store information, humans
use ‘coding’ to store memories in different formats such as semantic or acoustic

37
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what does the biological approach believe about psychological behaviour?

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everything psychological is biological first

38
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what biological structure does the biological approach believe that we should be focusing on?

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genes, neurotransmitters and the nervous system

39
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what does the biological approach think explains our thoughts and behaviour?

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the brain as the mind lives there

40
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what are genes?

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carry instructions for a particular characteristic

41
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what are twin studies?

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comparison of MZ and DZ twins in terms of a characteristic

42
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what are concordance rates?

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the extent to which both twins share the same characteristic

43
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what % of DNA do MZ twins share?

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100%

44
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what % of DNA do DZ twins share?

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50%

45
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If MZ twins have a higher concordance rate that DZ twins, what does this suggest?

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It suggests the characteristic being
investigated has a genetic basis

46
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What is a genotype?

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Genetic code in the DNA

47
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What is a phenotype?

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Physical appearance that results from
the inherited information (genotype +
environmental influence)

48
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What do genotypes and phenotypes show about human behaviour?

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Much of human behaviour depends
upon an interaction between
inherited factors (nature) and the environment (nurture)

49
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What is evolution?

A

the change in the characteristics of a species

50
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What is natural selection?

A

Genetically determined behaviour
that enhances an individual’s survival
and reproduction will continue in further generations

51
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What happens as result of natural selection to genes that do not provide an advantage?

A

they “die”

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