Exam 4 Flashcards

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Leon Festinger (1919-1989)

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cognitive dissonance: insignificant justification; justifying behavior with attitude changes

state of affairs, conflict behavior, dissonance aroused

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Fritz Heider (1896-1988)

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attribution theory: how we explain other people’s behavior
-dispositional: internal (he doesn’t like me)
-situational: external (he got a flat tire)
fundamental attribution error: overestimate dispositional and underestimate situational attribution

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3
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Albert Bandura (1925-Present)

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reciprocal determinism: personality is determined by environment, behavioral, and cognitive factors
- notion of self-efficacy

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4
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Alan Turing

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Turing Test: weak/strong artificial intelligence
- strong: duplicate human thought

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5
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Information Processing Approach

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keyboard- encode
storage- sensory, short term and long term memory
monitor- retrieval

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6
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Connectionism

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we perform a task every day and it becomes a habit

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7
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GOFAI

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Good old fashioned A I
sequentially searches for results in milliseconds

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8
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eclecticism

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the best parts of multiple systems intertwined

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9
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Basic Psychology

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Academic, Research

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10
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Applied Psychology

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Using in fields

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11
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Boulder Model

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The scientist-practitioner view

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12
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George Miller

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father of cognitive psych
short term memory (7 +- 2 ideas)

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13
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Thomas Bouchard

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Heritability equation:
50% biology
5% shared environment
45% nonshared environment

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14
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Sociobiology

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evolutionary social psychology
biogrammar
leash principle

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15
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Konrad Lorenz

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Duck Study: Attachment
bonding behavior: from birth= mother
father has to engage in bonding techniques

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16
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Ethiology

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study of habit or character

17
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Roger Sperry

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split brain theory: left and right hemispheres work together by connection (corpus collosum)

optic chasm: left eye- right brain
right brain- left eye

18
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left hemisphere

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words
verbal memory
language sounds

19
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Right Hemisphere

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patterns
faces
nonlanguage noises
music
emotional response

20
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Donald O Hebb

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BA w bare minimum GPA
cell assemblies (stream neurons that reflect recurring events)
phase sequences: integrated system of cell assemblies that cause a stream of interrelated ideas

21
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Karl Lashley

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Studied w watson
brain studies
mass action: cortex works as unified unit
-led to idea that personality is all around
equipotentiality: if one part is damaged, other parts take over
engram: focus/locus of learning

22
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Humanistic Psychology

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pushed free will
3rd major force of psych
reply to negativity of other two forces

23
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Abraham Maslow

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Hierarchy of needs
Basic Tenets of Humanistic Psychology

24
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Basic Tenets of Humanistic Psychology

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study humans for human behavior
subjective reality is primary guide
study individuals
focus on positive things
practical research
should formulate a description of what it means to be a human being

25
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Hierarchy of needs

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Physiological (basic)
Safety (basic)
belonging(psych)
self-esteem (psych)
self-actualization

26
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Self-Actualized people

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-perceive reality accurately and fully
-spontaneity and naturalistic
-periodic peak experiences
-concerned w all humans (problem centering)
-continued freshness of appreciation
- Autonomy (privacy and independence)
-being-motivated: focus on being the best you can be

27
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Trans personal psychology

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would’ve been fourth force

relationship between people and the cosmos

28
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Carl Rogers

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  • freeing the person to become who they can be
  • non directive approach -> client centered -> person centered
  • theory of personality
29
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person centered

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  • unconditional positive regard
  • empathic understanding
  • genuineness
30
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Carl Rogers’ Theory of Personality

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incongruence is when ideal self, true self, and self image have disparities

congruence is when they all line up

31
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Rogerian Psych

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reflections of emotions
active listening: ears, eyes, gut

32
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Positive Psych

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humanism and other psychs

33
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Piaget’s Cognitive Development Stages

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  • Sensorimotor 0-2: object permanence, senses
  • preoperational (2-7): conservation not met, language development, symbolic thought, egocentric and no reversibility
  • concrete operations (7-11): conservation, logical thought is limited, only concrete
  • formal operations: logically solves all problems; abstract thinking
34
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Noam Chomsky

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critical period theory: certain time frames best for learning skills
Language Acquisition Device: showed that language has a critical period and that it may be biological

35
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Psychobiology

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neuroscience
attempts to explain psychological phenomena in terms of their biological foundations

36
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Jean-Piaget

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intelligence tests w Simon
cognitive development stages
adaptation occurs through assimilation and accommodation

37
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Assimilation

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making new info fit into your beliefs

38
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Accommodation

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altering existing beliefs in light of new information

39
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David Buss

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Heritability and twin studies
monozygotic and dizygotic