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Chapter 1 - History And Approches Flashcards

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Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of…

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Past conditioning

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Which psychologist would describe himself as a humanist?

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Abraham Maslow

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A therapist who says that she uses whatever psychological method wkrks best for each patient is best described as…

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Eclectic

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A client’s feeling of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworkers actions and the way he thinks people should behave at work. What perspective are we working from?

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Cognitive

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The research methodology that William Wundt used is called…

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Introspection

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Which psychologist wrote the first psychology textbook?

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William James - Principles of Psychology

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Psychologists who study the degree to which genes influence our personality are working from the _____ perspective

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Behavior genetics

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17th century philosopher that believed the mind is blank at birth and that most knowledge comes through experience is…

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Locke

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Psychological perspective that emphasizes the interaction of brain and body in behavior.

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Neuroscience

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Psychologists who study brain activity’s relation to memory, perception and through other processes is called…

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Cognitive neuroscientists

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The medical treatment of psychological disorders

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Psychiatry

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How natural selection favors traits that promote perpetuation of one’s genes.

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Evolutionary perspective

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Which 17th centry philosopher believed that some ideas are innate?

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Descartes

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Structuralist. Structure of the mjnd through introspection and the study of conciousness.

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Hall

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Structuralist. Founded the APA.

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Titchener

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Structuralist

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Margaret Washburn

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First female PH. D. In psychology.

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William James

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Functionalist. The function and explanation of behavior.

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Cattell and Dewey

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Functionalist. Mental testing, development, educational practises.

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Mary Calkins

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First female president of the APA. Fuctionalist.

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Gestalt Psychology

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Max Wertheimer.

Reach fullest potential use all approches. Looks at the whole instead of the pieces.

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Humanistic Psychology

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Emphasized the current enviromental influences on growth potential. Abraham Maslow, Carl Rodgers.

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Cognitive

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The way we encode, process, store and recieve information. Brain activity. Paul Broca.

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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The study of interaction of thought process and the brain. John B. Watson,

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Psychoanalytic

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Analyze childhood drama.

Sigmund Freund.

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Neuroscience, Biological

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Considers influence of biolgical, psychological, and social factors. William James

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Behavior Genetics

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The level of influence genes and enviroments have on individual differences. John Wataon, B.f. Skinner

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Behavioral

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How we study observable responses. John Watson, B.f. Skinner

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Evolutionary, Darwinian

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Believed that nature effects the potential if an organism. Charles Darwin:

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Social-cultural

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Variation of behavior and thinking as a result of situations and cultures.

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Disagreed with skinner about language acquisition. Stated that there is an infinite number of sentences in a language.

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Noam Chomsky

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Who worked on Humanistic theraphy?

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Carl Rodgers

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Who developed an influential theory of personality? It was the first person to do psychotheraphy to explore topics like the unconciousness and sexuality as a driving force in human psychology.

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Sigmund Freund

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French Philosopher, nativist and duelist. He agreed with Socrates.

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Rene Descartes

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Behaviorist. Worked with pidgeons.

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B.F. Skinner

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Swiss psychologist that studied cognitive development in children. Wrote “The Language and Thought of the Child”

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Jean Piaget

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Greek philosopher. Believed in innate ideas. Thought the mind was seperable from the body and continues after the body dies. Agreed with Rene Decartes and Socrates.

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Plato

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Who opened the first Psychology hall in the USA?

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Stanley Hall

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Who was the first person to study memory scientifically and systematically?
He use nonsense symbols and recorde how many times he had to study a list to remeber it well.

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Studied learning in cats. Worked on animal behavior. Led to theory of connectionism.

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Edward Throndike

E.T. (Cats are aliens)

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