core studies Flashcards
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assumptions of psychodynamic
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- innate, often sexual drives and early experiences work together to shape behaviour
- unconscious desires rule behaviour and we are unaware of motives
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p + c psychodynamic: structure of personality
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- made up of the id (pleasure) superego (moral parent) and ego (reality manager)
- ego uses defence mechanisms: repression (dreams), displacement and denial
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dv of blakemore and cooper
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- visual/motor behaviour once placed in an illuminated environment
- how they interacted with horizontal and vertical objects
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maguire results
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- taxi had sig more grey matter in right and left posterior hippocampus
- taxi had sig more volume of posterior hippocampus and sig less volume in anterior hippocampus
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K: what are the 2 pre conventional levels of morality
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- punishment and obedience (good to avoid punishment)
- self interest and returning favours (not just one right view, reciprocity)
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K: the two conventional levels of moral development
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- good boy/girl - to gain approval and be seen as good by others
- orientation to authority - rules within society and adhering to law/avoiding guilt
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K: two post conventional levels of morality
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- social contract - what society agrees, laws are important but can be changed, room for personal opinion
- conscience and ethics - own abstract ideas of justice and morals that may or may not fit the law
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social psych assumptions
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- behaviour is determined by a persons situation not disposition
- ruled by social norms (unwritten rules of society) even alone
- influenced by many people around us
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cognitive assumptions
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- behaviour driven by the mind, compared to a computer in input, storage and retrieval
- mind hold schemes (little pockets of info) held about the world to help make inferences
- ruled by internal thought processes thatt we may not be aware of
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developmental assumptions
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- behaviour is determined by upbringing and early experiences shape later behaviour
- changes are a continuous process over lifetime from inherited factors and life experience
- development occurs naturally with maturity but we are influenced by interactions
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biological assumptions
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- behaviour has a biological basis - the brain and the nervous system
- genetics and chemical processes influence behaviour
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individual differences assumptions
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- what makes us individuals make us behave as such, such as personality and intelligence
- focuses on differences in people not similarities and our unique factors such as gender identity and sexuality
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behaviourism assumptions
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- all behaviour is a product of learning and experience
- nurture has a much larger influence on behaviour
- begin as a blank slate - behaviour is learned by stimulus response relationships
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social application
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- travelling to different cultures - helpful to be respectful as everywhere has different norms
- eg tipping in america / asia
- simpatia, safe to travel alone?
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cognitive application
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- mind creating a storing memories - justice system and eyewitnesses testimonies
- may be manipulated by lawyers
- keep close eye on leading questions
- accurate prosecutions
