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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the two great debates of psychology?

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Mind vs body and Nature vs nurture

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2
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Plato

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Nativism

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3
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Nativism

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assumed character and intelligence are inborn or inherited (nature)

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4
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Aristotle

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Philosophical Empiricism

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Philosophical Empiricism

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proposed that knowledge grows from experience (nurture)

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6
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Monism vs Dualism

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Monism = the mind is what the brain does and Dualism = soul and body are distinct but connected via the pineal gland

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7
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Structuralism

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analyzes the mind by breaking down into basic components

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8
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Wilhelm Wundt

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Structuralism

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9
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William James

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Functionalism

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Functionalism

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studies how mental abilities allow people to adapt to their environment

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11
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Darwin

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Natural Selection

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12
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Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalytic theory

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13
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Psychoanalytic theory

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emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind

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14
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Psychoanalysis

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seeks to bring unconscious material into conscious awareness/treat mental disorders

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15
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Behaviourists

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emphasized the study of objectively observable behaviour

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16
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Humanistic Psychology

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Approach to understanding human nature (Maslow)

17
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What is psychology

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The study of behaviour and mental processes

18
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Introspection

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subjective inquiry into ones own experiences

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