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Exam 1 - Introduction Flashcards

1
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What is the definition Psychology?

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The Study of thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

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What is the definition of mind?

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Unobservable thoughts and feelings

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What is the definition of behavior?

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observable actions

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What is Philosophical Nativism?

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The view that some knowledge is innate rather than acquired.

Ex: Human beings must be born with some basic knowledge of the world that allows them to acquire additional knowledge of the world

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What is Philosophical Empiricism?

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The view that all knowledge is acquired through experience

Ex: A newborn child is a “blank slate” upon which experience writes its story

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What is Consciousness?

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a person’s subjective experience of the world and the mind.

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What is Unconscious?

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the part of the mind that contains information of which people are not aware.

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What is Introspection?

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the analysis of subjective experience by trained observers.

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What is Structuralism?

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an approach to psychology that attempted to isolate and analyze the minds basic elements.

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What is Functionalism?

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an approach to psychology that emphasized the adaptive significance of mental processes.

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What are Basic Psychologists?

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conduct research to learn how mind and behavior work (Developmental psychology, social psychology)

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What are Applied Psychologists?

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use research to help solve to real world problems (environmental psychology, health psychology)

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What are Licensed Psychologist?

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obtain state licenses to deliver mental health services. (Clinical psychology, counseling psychology)

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What is Clinical psychology?

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focuses on the study, diagnosis, and treatment of (serious) psychological disorders.

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What is Cognitive Psychology?

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the study of human information-processing.

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What is counseling psychology?

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Focuses primarily on (normal, everyday) educational, social and career challenges.

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What is developmental psychology?

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focuses on how people grow and change from conception to death.

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What is Environmental psychology?

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studies the links between people and their physical surroundings (natural or built)

19
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What is health psychology?

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examines the connection between psychological factors and physical ailments.

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What is social psychology?

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focuses on the causes and effects of social group membership

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What are Perspectives?

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broad philosophical understandings that people have about mind and behavior.

22
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What are the seven perspectives of psychology?

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psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, biological, evolutionary, sociocultural

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What is a Psychoanalytic?

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behavior by focusing on unconscious psychological conflicts between instincts and social norms.

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What is a Behaviorist?

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behavior by emphasizing what a person has learned in their environment

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What is Sociocultural?

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focuses on social group membership as a source of mental processes and behaviors.

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What is Biological?

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behavior in terms of bodily systems and processes.

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What is Cognitive?

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behavior examining mental processes (perception, thought, memory)

28
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What is Humanistic?

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explains behavior by stressing the decisions people make based on their perceptions of the world.

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What is Evolutionary?

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behavior in terms of its adaptive value as preserved over time through natural selection.

30
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What is a Stimulus?

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any agent, event, or situation (internal or external) that elicits a response from an organism.

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What is a Response?

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how the organism reacts to a stimulus and results in the change in behavior.

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What is Natural Selection?

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The process by which the specific attributes that promote an organism’s survival and reproduction become more prevalent in the population over time.

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What is Individual Natural Selection?

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Individual genes are passed to the next generation.

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What is Group Natural Selection?

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ideas are passed to the next generation.

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What is Multilevel Natural Selection?

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genes and/or ideas are passed to the next generation.

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