evolution of modern psych

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Anthropocentrism

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The idea that people are the most important thing in the universe

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Psychology

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Study of the spirit/ soul

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Determinism

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The idea that every event (behavior & thoughts) is preceded by other events

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Structuralism

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• Psych is the scientific study of conscious mind

- consciousness is based on sensations, images and emotion (building blocks)

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Gestaltism

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Perception of objects is produced by particular configurations of the elements of stimuli, that we experience things as a unified whole

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Functionalism

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• Darwinian perspective

- all mental processes derive from their usefulness to the organism in adapting to the environment

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Functionalism

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Function of a conscious experience in providing adaptation of the organism is more important than the structure of that conscious experience.

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Psychoanalysis was developed by

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Freud

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Psychoanalysis

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Emphasis on the influence of the conscious mind on behavior

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Psychoanalysis

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3 forces drive experiences : id, ego and superego

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Id

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Urges, wants, desires
Immediate gratification
UNCONSCIOUS

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ego

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Holds the id in check and adjusts it to fit current reality

CONSCIOUS

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Superego

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Ideals and values from our parents and culture

CONSCIOUS

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Behaviorism

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Defined psych as the scientific study of the relationship between stimuli in the environment and the response of the organism

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Favored nurture over nature as the foundation for learning

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Behaviorism

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Convinced that learning is the same in all creatures

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Behaviorism

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People are the product of the environment they grew up in

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Behaviorism

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Area of psych that focuses on the faculty of knowing

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Cognitivism

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Focus: internal mental states, how people acquire, process and store info

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Cognitivism

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_____ involves “all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered and used”. Even when there is an absence of relative stimuli

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Cognition

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compares human activity to that of a computer.

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cognitivism

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integration of mind, body and behavior

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biologism

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explained behavior in terms of physiological (brain/neural) processes

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biologism

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scientific study of biological substrates underlying behaviour and the mind, with a focus on their neural substrates.

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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focus: how behaviour and psychological functions

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cognitive neuroscience

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Timeline between schools

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Structuralism—>Behaviourism—->Cognitive Neuroscience