chapter 1 lecture 2

Question 1

Any science including psychology stems from 2 key beliefs

Answer 1

1) Empiricism – knowledge must come from experience and observation
2) Determinism – all events are controlled by natural laws of cause and effect (ie genes, society raised in, other factors that control psychology)

Question 2

1) Empiricism

Answer 2

knowledge must come from experience and observation

Question 3

knowledge must come from experience and observation

Answer 3

1) Empiricism

Question 4

2) Determinism

Answer 4

all events are controlled by natural laws of cause and effect (ie genes, society raised in, other factors that control psychology)

Question 5

all events are controlled by natural laws of cause and effect (ie genes, society raised in, other factors that control psychology)

Answer 5

2) Determinism

Question 6

Materialism:

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the idea that the universe consists of only physical matter (including humans) and all events that occur in the universe are caused by natural forces (including human behaviour)
-people became more comforatable studying psychology as a science by blending them with biology and physics

Question 7

the idea that the universe consists of only physical matter (including humans) and all events that occur in the universe are caused by natural forces (including human behaviour)
-people became more comforatable studying psychology as a science by blending them with biology and physics

Answer 7

Materialism:

Question 8

Gustav Fechner

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founded the field of pyscho physics when he wrote a book about it in 1860

Question 9

founded the field of pyscho physics when he wrote a book about it in 1860

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Gustav Fechner

Question 10

Charles Darwin

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– theory of evolution by natural selection opened the door for humans to be the objects of science

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– theory of evolution by natural selection opened the door for humans to be the objects of science

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Charles Darwin

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Francis gall and johann spurzheim

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founders of phrenology

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Sigmund freud

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founder of psychoanalysis – connect psychological problems to unconscious
—- relies on various methods including hypnosis and dream interpretation to reveal the unconscious basis of mental illness

Question 14

founder of psychoanalysis – connect psychological problems to unconscious
—- relies on various methods including hypnosis and dream interpretation to reveal the unconscious basis of mental illness

Answer 14

Sigmund freud

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Wilhelm wundt

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father of experimental psychology – research relied on the technique of introspection (thinking about and describing ones own experience)

Question 16

father of experimental psychology – research relied on the technique of introspection (thinking about and describing ones own experience)

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Wilhelm wundt

Question 17

Edward Titchener

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brought wundts approach to north America and called it structuralismStructuralists focused on revealing the component parts of perception

Question 18

brought wundts approach to north America and called it structuralismStructuralists focused on revealing the component parts of perception

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Edward Titchener

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William james

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published the principles of psychology in 1890, inspired Darwin, developed an approach to psychology called functionalism

Question 20

published the principles of psychology in 1890, inspired Darwin, developed an approach to psychology called functionalism

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William james

Question 21

Early 1900s, a new approach to psychology emerged that tried to stamp out both functionalism and structuralism

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Behaviorism – proceeded to dominate psychology for decades

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Classical conditioning

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ie pavlov (dogs salivate at bel

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John b Watson

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founder of behaviourism – proposed all behaviour was learned

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founder of behaviourism – proposed all behaviour was learned

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John b Watson

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B.F. Skinner

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gave behaviourism a further jolt with his demonstrations of operant conditions in animals (pigeons and rats)

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gave behaviourism a further jolt with his demonstrations of operant conditions in animals (pigeons and rats)

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B.F. Skinner

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Carl rogers

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helped found humanistic psychology in direct opposition to the rigid approach to psychology developed by the behaviourists

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helped found humanistic psychology in direct opposition to the rigid approach to psychology developed by the behaviourists

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Carl rogers

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Hermann Ebbinghous

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developed technique on investigating human memory

Question 30

developed technique on investigating human memory

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Hermann Ebbinghous

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sir Frederick Bartlett

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precess of remembering that challenged behaviorist approach

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precess of remembering that challenged behaviorist approach

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sir Frederick Bartlett

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Gestalt psychologists

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first attacked structuralists for thinking that perception could be boiled down to a consideration of basic perceptual elements

Question 34

In 1968 Ulrich neissser

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published a book called cognitive psychology helping kick off the cognitive revolution
By the 1970s, a blend of cognitive psychology and neurology emerged called cognitive neuroscience
Social and personality psychology came as a result of people in world wars
Cross cultural psychology came from the role of culture on the psychology of individuals