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Behavior and Schools of Thought Flashcards

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based on shrewd observations of everyday behavior

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Common Sense

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belongs to the repertoire of insights and skills that each of us develops as a result of everyday learning and experience

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Conventional Wisdom

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etymology of Psychology

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Greek words “psych” and “logos” meaning soul or mind and study

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is the scientific study of behavior and mental process in context

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Psychology

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is a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws

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Science

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is everything that we do that can be directly observed.

is any response made by, or any activity of the organism

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Behavior

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Types of Behavior

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Overt
Covert
Simple
Complex
Rational 
Irrational
Conscious
Unconscious
Voluntary
Involuntary
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response or activities that are directly observable, like walking, eating, working, talking

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Overt behavior

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responses or activities that are not directly observable and are only inferred from some behavior actually observed like thoughts, feelings and emotions

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Covert behavior

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actions or responses that a person is naturally aware of

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Conscious behavior

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actions or responses only imbedded in one’s subconscious

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Unconscious behavior

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behavior involving a few number of neurons in the process

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Simple behavior

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behavior which is intricate and involves a greater number of neurons in the process

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Complex behavior

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is the behavior displayed based on “sanity” or reason

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Rational behavior

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acts committed for no apparent reason or explanation

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Irrational behavior

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response done with full volition or will. Freely undertaken

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Voluntary behavior

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processes in the body that go on even while asleep or awake as in respiration, circulation, digestion

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Involuntary behavior

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covert behaviors include thoughts, feelings, motives that each of us experiences privately but cannot be observed directly

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Mental processes

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help us interpret the meaning of a behavior

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Inferences

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analyzed conscious experience into its elements of the mind

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Structuralism

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studies the mind as it functions in adapting the organism to its environment

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Functionalism

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how the nervous system controls the activity of other bodily organs and behavior; what the mind perceives, the body achieves

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Functionalism

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German word which means form, shape and configuration

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apparent motion

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Phi phenomenon

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unconscious drives

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Psychoanalysis

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expressions of Unconscious Drives

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Dreams, Slips of tongue, Mannerisms

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Techniques used in Psychoanalysis

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Hypnosis, Dream Analysis, Free Association

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believed that overt behaviors are the only behaviors that can be quantitatively and objectively analyzed

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John B. Watson

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denied the existence of instincts or of inborn tendencies; emphasizes learned behavior

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Behaviorism

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studies how people subjectively experience phenomena; their subjective experiences must be taken into consideration

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most recent psychological school; seeks to find out what kinds of thought processes go on in the mind; focus on consciousness and the way the mind processes information

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Cognitive PsychologY

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pioneer of cognitive psyhology

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Jean Piaget

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Central assumption: The structure of the mind is of prime importance; conscious experiences

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Structuralism

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technique of Wilhelm Wundt

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Introspection (self report or observation)

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Central assumption: The uses and functions of the mind are more important than its structure

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Functionalism

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Central assumption: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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Gestalt Psychology

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Central assumption: Behavior is controlled by powerful urges of the unconscious

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Psychoanalysis

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Central assumption: Psychology should focus only on observable events and behaviors

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Behaviorism

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Central assumption: Psychology should focus only on uniquely human experiences

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Central assumption: Psychology should focus on how mind acquires, stores and process information

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Cognitive Psychology

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