Final Review Flashcards
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Structuralism
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- Based on assumption that there exist fundamental cognitive units such as mode, intensity, duration, etc.
- Emphasized introspection.
- Tended to study cognition under tight lab settings.
- Advocated by Wundt.
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Functionalism
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- The cognitive units don’t matter as much as the function of cognitive processes.
- Tended to study mental phenomena in real-life settings.
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Gestalt Psychology
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- Believed that psychological phenomenon should be studied in their entirety because the entire psychological phenomenon gave more info than its subunit.
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Gestalt Psychology
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- Believed that psychological phenomenon should be studied in their entirety because the entire psychological phenomenon gave more info than its subunit.
- “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”
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Behavioralism
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- Psych/cog. described by behaviors.
- Emphasizes on stimulus-response relationship as well as reinforcement and conditioning.
- Made no sense to talk about internal states; OPPOSES introspection.
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Pavlov
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- Behavioralism
- Studied classical conditioning
7
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Skinner
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- Behavioralism
- Operant conditioning
8
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Chomsky
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- Opposes Behavioralism
- “Language didn’t need reinforcement”
- Innateness: innate ability to learn cognitive structures like grammar.
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Experimental Research
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- Independent/dependent
- Control, Confounding Variables
10
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Skinner
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- Behavioralism
- Operant conditioning
11
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Observational Research
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- Naturalistic
- Consumer behavior
- Fieldwork
e. g. parent-child interaction at home for developmental psych.
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Computational Research
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- Computer models
- Machine learning
- Artificial intelligence
13
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Plato
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- Memory storage and retrieval
- Nativist
- Storing something in memory to write on a wax tablet
- Nearby birds easier to grab
14
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Aristotle
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- Empiricist
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Locke
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- Mental association of ideas
