Chapter 1 - History behind Psychology Flashcards

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Describe the Empiricist Tradition.

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The idea that true knowledge can only be obtained through observation

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What is Nativism?

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Some forms of knowledge is natural

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3
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What is phrenology?

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Knowing the shape of a persons skull could tell you about the persons mental capacities.

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Who is the father of Modern Psychology?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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The branch of Psychology that focused on breaking the mind down into its fundamental pieces

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Structuralism

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Who was the father of American Psychology?

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William James

James Madison in in America

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What is functionalism?

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Understand the FUNCTION of the behavior rather than its components

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Psychology that says total perception is different than the sum of its parts (optical illusion)

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Gestalt

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What branch of psychology believes that observable behavior should be the only topic of study

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Behaviorism

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10
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The person who believed that treating mental illness is through the mind and not just the body

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Sigmund Freud

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What did Humanism emphasize?

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The ability of humans to make their own choices and realize their potential

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12
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Explain Introspection.

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How a person views their own mental and emotional processes

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13
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What was considered the first movement in the history of psychology as a science?

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Structuralism

everything is building on this structure

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14
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Who is the father of Dualism

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Descartes

D in Descartes and D in Dualism

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15
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Focuses on the influence of the unconscious mind

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Sigmund Freud

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16
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What are two ways to explain the cause of some psychological phenomenon

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Ultimate and Proximate Explanation

Ultimate addresses the WHY where as Proximate addresses the CAUSE