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Chapter 1 Review Cards Flashcards

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plato-socrates believe about the mind that…

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it’s not a physical part of our body

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knowledge results from memories of experiences

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Rene Descartes

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3
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tabula rasa

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John Locke

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4
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1st psychological laboratory

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Wundt’s lab work

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introspection.. create situations in lab

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Wundt’s research innovations

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1st psych lab, 1st experiment

tested the measure and speed of molecules of the brain

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introspection

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process of reporting one’s own conscious mental experiences

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observation of personal sensation and feelings

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introspection

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Edward Tischner’s research tools & methods

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structuralism

by

introspection

Dr. program @ Cornell University

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10
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who developed functionalism

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William James

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Functionalism focused attention on

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emphasizes how consciousness works and the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environments

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1st female president of American Psychological Association

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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evolution of psychological study from 1920s - 1960s

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leaning more towards experimental psychology and a more medical approach

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“the scientific study of observable behavior”

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John B. Watson

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15
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study of the unconscious

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Freud

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rejected idea of introspection

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John B. Watson

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cognitive neuroscience

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how brain uses perception action memory language and selective attention

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contemporary psychology

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study behavior and mental processes

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nature v nurture

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longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

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inheritance of behavioral characteristics

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B.F. Skinner

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survival of organisms in a particular environment

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adpative and hereditary.. based on natural selection

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Charles Darwin - reproduction and environment

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survival of the fittest and natural selection - those w/ greatest ability to survive will pass on the best genes

evolutionary psychology

23
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what kind of specialist has a medical degree

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psychiatrist

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