Chapter 1 - What is Psychology? Flashcards
1
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What is Psychology?
A
systematic study of behaviour and experience
2
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Where did word Psychology derive from?
A
From greek roots
Psyche meaning soul or mind
logos meaning word
3
Q
What is determinism?
A
the idea that everything that happens has a cause, or determinant, that one could observe or measure
4
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What is free will?
A
the belief that behaviour is caused by a person’s independent decisions
5
Q
What is the Mind-Brain problem?
A
philosophical question of how experience relates to the brain
6
Q
What is dualism?
A
the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls the brain and therefore the rest of the body.
7
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what is monoism?
A
the view that conscious experience inseparable from the physical brain.
