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Chapter 1 (History) Flashcards

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1
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French surgeon Paul Broca Studied the connection between?

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Mind and Brain

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What was the subject of the famous experiment conducted by Herman Von Helmholtz?

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Reaction time

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What did William James espoused during the study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment

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Functionalism

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The functional approach to psychology was inspired by

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Darwins on the origin of species by means of natural selection

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Jean-Martin Charcott studied:

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People with psychological disorders

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Sigmund Freud developed:

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The psychoanalytic theory

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What is the psychological theory that emphasizes positive potential of human beings?

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The humanistic psychology

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Behaviorism involves a study of what?

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Observable actions and responses

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What did the experiments of Ivan Pavlov and John Watson center on?

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Stimulus and response

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Who developed the concept of reinforcement?

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B. F. Skinner

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What is the study of mental processes such as perception and memory called?

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Cognitive psychology

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The use of scanning techniques to observe the brain in action and to see which parts are involved in which operations helped the development of what?

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Cognitive neuroscience

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13
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The mind and brain serve what function central to evolutionary psychology?

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Adaptive

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Social psychology differs most from other psychological approaches and it’s emphasis on what?

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Human interaction

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15
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Cultural Psychology emphasizes what?

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That culture shapes some but not all psychological phenomenon

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Who is Mary Calkins?

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First woman president of the APA

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Who is Kenneth Clark?

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He did research the influence the supreme court decision to ban segregation in public schools

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18
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Psychologists use scientific methods to study what two things?

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The mind and behavior

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19
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Who is the founding father of psychology?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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20
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William James applied Darwins theory of natural selection to the study of the mind. His functionalist approach focused on how mental processes enable people to adapt to their what?

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Environment

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What is cognitive psychology?

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The study of memory, reasoning and problem-solving

22
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What is social psychology?

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The study of how social forces influence behavior.

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What is developmental psychology?

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The study of behavior over time, and how people develop.

24
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What is psychology?

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The scientific study of the mind and behavior.

25
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What is the mind?

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Private inner experience of thoughts, memories, and feelings.

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What is behavior?

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Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals.

27
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Where does the origin of psychology come from?

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Philosophy and physiology

28
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Philosopher Renè Descartè believed in what?

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Dualism

29
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What is dualism?

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Dualism is where the mind and body are separate entities that interact to produce emotions, and conscious experiences.

30
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What are the two original movements of psychology?

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Structuralism and functionalism.

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What is structuralism?

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Analyzes the mind by breaking it down to its basic components.(What is happening)

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What is functionalism?

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Study of the purpose mental mental processes serve and help people adapt to their environment. (Why is is happening)

33
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Who studied psychoanalysis?

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Freud

34
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Who studied humanistic behavior?

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Maslow and Rogers

35
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Who studied behaviorism?

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Watson and Skinner

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Who studied cognitive psychology?

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Chomsky and Lashley

37
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Who were the first philosophers to struggle with the fundamental questions about how the mind works?

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Plato and Aristotle

38
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___________ used the term tabula rasa, meaning blank slate, to describe the mind of a child, whereas __________ believed we are born with innate types of knowledge

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Aristotle/Plato

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Plato’s views are associated with what?

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Nativism

40
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Aristotle‘s views are associated with what?

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Philosophical emperism

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What is philosophical empiricism?

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The view that all knowledge is acquired through experience.

42
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What is nativism?

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The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn.

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What is nativism?

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The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn.

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What is philosophical empiricism?

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The view that all knowledge is acquired through experience.

45
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Aristotle‘s views are associated with what?

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Philosophical emperism

46
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Plato’s views are associated with what?

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Nativism

47
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___________ used the term tabula rasa, meaning blank slate, to describe the mind of a child, whereas __________ believed we are born with innate types of knowledge

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Aristotle/Plato

48
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Who were the first philosophers to struggle with the fundamental questions about how the mind works?

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Plato and Aristotle

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