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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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What is Psychology?

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Scientific study of mind and behaviour

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What are Research Psychologists

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Researchers that use scientific methods to research about causes of behaviour

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What are Psychologist-Practitioners?

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Use existing research to better life

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What are Empirical Methods?

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Process of collection and organizing data and drawing conclusions about the data

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What is the Scientific Method?

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Set of assumptions, rules and procedures that scientists use to conduct empirical research

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What is a fact? and give an example of a Fact

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An accurate objective statement determined through empirical study
Homicide rate in Canada

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What are Values? and give an example

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Personal and Subjective statements

Abortions should be legal

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How are Facts and Values related?

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Facts can create values

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9
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What is the lowest level of Explanation?

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Biological Influences

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What is the Mid Level of Explanation?

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Abilities and characteristics of a person

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What is the High Level of Explanation?

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Social Groups, organisation and culture

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Greek Philosophers

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Wondered about the differences between nature and nurture and Questioned the idea of free will

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Plato

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Argued on nature side, certain types of knowledge

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Aristotle

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Tabula Rosa

Shaped by environment

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Descartes

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Free will, mind controls, the body

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Descartes’ Dualism theory

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Mind is different from mechanical body

17
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Wundt

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Structuralism

Focused on the nature of consciousness which wanted to identify the basic elements or structure of psychology

18
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James

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Functionalism
Wondered why animals and humans have developed particular psychological aspects
Idea that characteristics have been adopted because they are useful or functional

19
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Freud

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Psychoanalysis

Understanding human behavior requires a focus on the role of unconscious thoughts. feelings and memories

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