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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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How should knowledge be initially acquired?

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Through observation

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2
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What researcher marked the beginnings of psychology as a science?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Who proved unconscious drives are the basis of our behaviour?

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Sigmeund Freud

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4
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Scientific principle of falsifiability dude

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Sue Karl Pipper

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5
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Emic

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Taking perspective of ethnic group

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6
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Functionalism

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Charles Darwins natural selection

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7
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Who are most likely to believe in conspiracies and superstitions?

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Those who lack control

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8
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Bad things happen in threes superstitious mentality

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Apophenia

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Cognitive Neruoscience

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Examines relationships between physiological brain activity and mental functions on another

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What frameworks why questions

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Functionalism

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11
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What do pseudoscience claims lack?

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Safeguards against confirmation bias and belief preset acne

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