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fundamentals exam 1 Flashcards

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preliterate civilisation

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civilisation before writing was invented

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animism

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explanation of the workings of the world and hte universe by means of spirits with human-like characteristics

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pictogram

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info conveying sign that consists of a pictureresemblig the person animal or object it represents

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phonogram

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sign that represents a sound or a syllable of spoken language;forms the basis of wriiting systems

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logograph

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sign representing a spoken word, whch no longer has a physical resemblance to the words meaning

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scholastic method

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study method in which students unquestioningly memorise and recite texts that are thought to convey unchanging truths

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place coding system

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system in which meaning of a sign not ony depends on its form but also on its position in a string

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fertile crescent

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region in the middle east with a high level of civilisation around 3000 BCE; included the ancient mesopotamian and the ancient egyptian civilisations

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dark ages

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name given in the renaissance to the middle ages, to refer to the lack of independent and scientific thinking in that age

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renaissance

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cultural mvement from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century based on a rediscovery and imitation of the classical greek and roman civilizations

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protestant reformation

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movement against the roman catholic church, which was important for the development of science, because it emphasised the need for education, critical thinking, hard work and wordly success

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zeitgeist

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word used in the history of science to indicate that the time was right for a certain discovery; the discovery did not originate from a single genius, but from a much wider development leading to the discovery

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matthew effect

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the tendency to give more credit to well-known scientist than they deserve, increases the perceived impact of these scientist

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scientific revolution

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name given to a series of discoveries in the seventeenth century, involving galilei descartes and newton that enhanced the stats of science in society

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geocentric universe

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model of the universe in which the earth is at the centre; was dominant until the seventeenth century

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heliocentric model

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model of the universe in which the sun is at the centre

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dualism

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view of the mind-body relation accoding to which the mind is immaterial and completely indpeendent of the body; central within religions and also in descartes philoshopy

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mechanistic view

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world view according to which everything in the material universe can be undertood as a complicated machine; discards the notion that things have goals and intentions as assumed by the animistic view; identified with descartes

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principa mathematica

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book in which newton presented his laws of physics 1687; consdered to be the primary reason for the increased status of science

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deductive reasoning

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form of reasoning in which one starts from observations and tries to reach general conclusions on the basis of convergences in the observations

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inductive reasoning

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form of reasoning in which one starts from observations and tries to reach general conclusions on the basis of convergences in the observations; is needed in science to turn observed phenomena into scientific laws, but does not guarantee that the conclusions are true

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experimental history

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method introduced by bacon in which th enatural philosopher extracts the truth from nature by active manipulation and examining the consequences in the intervention

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industrial revolution

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name to refer to the socioeconomic and cultural changes in the 19th century caused by the invention of machines; involved, among other things, the replacement of the labour of peasants and craftsmen by mass production in factories and the resulting massive relocation form the countryside to the towns

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age of Enlightenment

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name given to the western philosophy and cultural life of the 18th century, in which autonomous thinking and observation became advocated as the primary sources of knowledge, rather than reliance on authority

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positivism

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view that authentic kknowledge can only be obtained by means of the scientific method; saw religion and philosophy as inferior forms of explanation

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hmanitie

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academic disciplines that continued the traditional study of the ancient calssics, increasingly suplemented with teachings of contemporary literature and art

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romantic movement

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movement in the late 1700s to early 1800s that reacted against the mechanistic world view and the emphasis on the reaso preached by enlightenment ; it saw the universe as a changing organism and stressed everythng that deviated from rationalism; the individual, the irrational the imaginative, the emotional the natural and the transcendental

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individualisation

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trend in a society towards looser social relations and a greater focus by individuals on themselves than on the groups they belong to

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epistemology

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branch of philosophy concerned wiht the nature of knowledge

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rationalism

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view accoidng to which knowledge is obtained by means of reasoning; usually through dedctive reasoning on the basis of innate knowledge

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empiricism

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view according to whcih knowedge is obtained by means of perceptual experiences; usually involves the idea of associations between ideas to combine the individual preceptions ; also emphasis on inductive reasoning

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idealism

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view within philosophy that human knowledge is a construction of the mind and does not necessarily correspond to an outside world; the truth of knowledge idepends on the coherence with the rest of the knowlege in the social group

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realism

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view within philosophy that human knowledge tries to reveal real properties of the outside world; the truth of knowledge is determined by the correspondence of the knowledge with the real world

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ontology

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the study of the universe and its entities

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natural thelogy

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study of the gods

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universal science

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study of the axioms and demonstrations on which theoretical knowledge is based

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introspection

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research method in the psychology consisting of a person looking inward and reporting what he she is experiencing; usually done under controlled circumstances

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physiognomy

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belief that the personality of an individual can be ddeduced from their appeareance, in particular from the shape of the head and the face

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psychophysics

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part of psychological rsearch dealing with the relationship between physical stimuli and the corresponding sensation

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mental chronometry

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using reaction times to measure the time needed for various mental tasks; on the basis of a comparisn of different tasks, models of the mental processes involved in the tasks are postulated

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historical method

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one of the tree research methods introduced by wundt ; consists of studying the human mind by investigating the products of human cultures; according to wundt particularly well suited to investigate the higher functions of the mind

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functionalists

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nae given to an approach in early american psychology research, that examined the practical functions of the human mind inspired by the evolutionary theory

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structuralism

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name given by titchener to his approach to psychology, consiting of trying to discover the structure of the human mind by means of introspection/ mental states are thus built from basic properties

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wurzburg school

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group of psychologist who used introspection as a research method, but came to different conclusiosn from those of wundt and titchener; in particular they claimed that many thought pocesses were not available to introspection (imageless thoughts)

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psychological treatment

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treatment of mental health problems consiting of conversations between the patient and the therapist; initiated by freud as an alternative to the prevailing medical and educational treatments

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spiritualism

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belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted by mediums; flourished in english speaking countires at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century

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eugenics

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social philosophy claiming that the fate of a nation can be improved by selective breeding of the inhabitants

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phrenology

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view that mental functions are localised in the brain and that the capacity of a function corresponds to the size of the brain part devoted to it; gave rise to personality assessment by means of analysing bumps on the skull; initiated by Gall and Spurzheim at the beginning of the 19th cnetury

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anthropomorphic interpretation

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interpreting behaviour of non-huma living creatures by attributing human motives and human like intelligence to them

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law of effect

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behavioural law introduced by thorndike o refer to the fact that behaviours followed by positive consequences are strenghtened and more likely to be repeated

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instrumental conditioning

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name introduced by thorndike to refer to learning on the basis of the law of effect; called operant conditining by skinner

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comparative psychology

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study of behaviour of animals, usually with the intention to shed light on human functioning within the framework of the evolutionairy theory.

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behaviourism

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movement in psychology arguing that observable behaviours are teh most important aspect fo human functioning to be understood; denies to various extents the relevance of information processing going on in the mind; particularly strong in the usa and the first half of the 20th cent

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philosophy of science

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branche of phiosophy that studies the foundations of scientific research, to better understand the position of scientific research relative to other forms of information acquisition and generation

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operational definition

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definition of a variable in terms of how the variable has been measured; allows description of the variable in quantitative form

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verification

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principle that up to the 1950s formed the core of the scientific method: a proposition was meaningufl (scientific) if its truth could be empirically verified

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radical behaviourism

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strong version of behaviourism, defended by skinner, which denies the relevance of information processing in the mind and holds that all human behaviour can be understood on the basis of S-R associations

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purposive behaviourism

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version of behaviourism, defended by tolman, which saw behaviour as goal-related (means to an end); agreed with other behaviourist that psychology should be based on observable behaviour

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turing machine

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basic (hypothetical) machine operating on the basis of Boolean logic and able to simulate the processing f more complex machines operating according to these principles

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homunculus

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word (meaning little man) used to refer to the difficulty of explaining goal-oriented behaviour without making snse of an ultimate intelligent (human like) control centre)

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information feedback

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mechanism in which the current performance level is compared to the desired end-state and the discrepancy is used to bringthe performance closer to the end-state aimed for; imortant for psychology because it explained a great deal of goal-directed behaviour that previously seemed to reqire a homunculus explanation

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turing test

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test described by Alan Turing, which involves a human interacting wiht a machine and another human without being able to discriminate the machine from the human; machines that pass the Turing test are seen as the goal of artificial intelligence

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algorithm

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list of instructions that converts a given input, via a fully defined series f intermediate steps, into the desired output

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cognitive psychology

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movement in pyshcology arguing that observable behaviours are the result of information processing in the mind; started in the 1950s and curently the dominant form of mainstream psychology

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mental representation

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information pattern in the mind representing knowledge obtained through obsrvation or the application of an algortihm; forms a realm separate from the brain and could in principle be copied to another brain

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information processing

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encoding mental representations, transforming them by means of algortihms, and integrating them with existing knowledge; forms the core of cognitive psychology

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boxes-and-arrows diagram

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flowchart outlineing the different information stores (boxes) and nformation transformations (arrows) involved in the execution of a particular task with observable input and output; used by cognitive psychologists to detail the information processing involved in the task

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computational model

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computer program simulating the human information processing assumed to be involved in the execution of a particular task; requires researchers to be much more precise about what is going on than in a boxes-and-arrows diagram

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top-down processes

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process by which information from a higher procesing stage is fed back to previous processing stages and influences the processing at these stages; found to be a helpful (and even essential) elemenet in many compputational models

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edwin smith papyrus

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papyrus from ancient egypt that contains short descriptions of the symptoms and treament of diffferent forms of brain injury; named after the person who bought the papyrus in egypt and had it analysed

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animal spirits

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spirits that were thought by galen to travel over the nerves between the ventricles in the brain and body

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ventricles

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apertures in the middle of the brain, which for a long itme were thought to contain perceptions, memories and thoughts; seat of the animal spirits

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reflex arc

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notion introduced in the 19th century to describe the processes underlying a reflex: a signal is picked up by sensory receptors, transmitted to the spinal cord through an afferent nerve, transferred to inerneurons, which activate motor neurons that send a motor command over an efferent nerve to initiate the withdrawal movement

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brain equipotentiality theory

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theory sayig that all parts of the brain have equal significance and are involved in each task; first thought to apply to the complete brain; sinc ethe 19th century limited to the cerebral hemispehres

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localisation theory

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theory saying that brain processes are localised, meaning that only part of the brain underlies a particular mental function

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neurotransmitters

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chemical substance used to communicate between neurons; is released from the synapse when a signal arrives through the axon; can be affected by drugs

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representation

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in whcih things are denoted with symbols and reltions between things are represented with relations between symbols

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stoicism

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it is best to minimize your feelings

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epicureanism

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happiness is the ultimate pursiuit, which you achieve by living your life as balanced possible

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skepticism

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refrain from judgment. Pyrrho : maintains that one can never know anythign for sure

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ontology

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what is the world like

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epistemology

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how do we know what’s true

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aesthetics

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what makes things beautiful and others ugly

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ethics

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what makes some deeds good and some bad

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ptolemaic system

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all celestial bodies orbit around the earth

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idols of the tribe

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fallacies that all humans commit, and that are inherent to human nature ex: seeing order nd regularity where there is none

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idols of the cave

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fallacies we commit because we belng to a certain culture, have certain interests and habits (and are not the same for all people)

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idols of the marketplace

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fallacies we commit because we can talk about things for ex: some words dont refer to anything like “witch”. language treats such nouns as if they do refer to existing things

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idols of the theatre

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fallacies we commit because we believe what authorities say

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eeg

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outcome of measurement of electrical brain activity by means of sensors placed on the scalp; routinely used in hospitals for the detection of epilepsy

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erp

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signal obtained by averaging the EEG signals to stimuli that are repeated a number of times; allows researchers to look for differences in the signal as a function of characteristics of the stimuli

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meg

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emasurement of electrical brain activity by means of measurement of the magnetic field around the head; is one of the most promising brain imaging techniques, because it has the potential of both a high temporal and spatial resolution

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pet

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brain imaging technqiue based on measurement of a radioactive tracer injected into the bloodstream

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fmri

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brain imaging technique based on the measuremnet of blod with oxygen vs blood without oxygen; currently the most populat imaging technique because of its high spatial resolutin (allows good localisation); ahs rather low temporal resolution (cannot trace what ishappening at a speed of hundreds of registrations per second)

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tms

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stimulation of a brain region by means of a coil placed on the head; allows temporary interference wiht the processing of a small part of the brain

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induction

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the genralization of observed cases to all cases

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functionalism

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the functions of emotions and psychological phenomena

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operationalism

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using theory-measurement-operationalization

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cognitive revolution

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chomsky convincingly shows the flaws of behaviourism. the computer analogy offers a new possibility for psychology: humans as infomration processing systems

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evolution theory

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suggests an explanation for the origin of species based on evolution with thwo simple principles: accidental mutation and natural selection

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anthropometric laboratory

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francis galton. visitors could participate as subjects and carry out a few simple reaction time tasks

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willhelm wundt and his lab

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founder of the first formal laboratory for psychology. experimental observation, introspection, historical method

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reductionism

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Reductionisme is de opvatting die stelt dat de natuur van complexe entiteiten steeds herleid kan worden tot meer fundamentele entiteiten

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holism

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is the idea that various systems (e.g. physical, biological, social) should be viewed as wholes, not merely as a collection of parts.

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method of doubt

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descartes, doubting all perceptions, in dreams things are also not true. “i think, therefore i am”= cogito ergo sum

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problem of interaction

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descartes; how does an immaterial substance (the mind) interact with a material one (the brain)?

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induction problem

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Hume’s induction problem is a threat to all kinds of knowledge. ex. i see flame and it has heat, therefore you think flame always has heat = a necessary connection. however, induction is a logically invalid form of reasoning: the conclusion does not follow from the premises

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heliocentric model

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copernicus developed an alternative model for the solar system. we orbit around the earth and we have a moon.

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pantha rei

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“everything flows” heraclitus. doubts whether something ever stays the same “no man every steps in the same river twice”

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peripatetic principle

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aristotle walked around while teaching in his lyceum

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plato

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rationalist, ideal forms, reason, nativism

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aristotles

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empericist, unwritten tablet, exerience

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augustine hippo

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unconsciousness

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pyrrho

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skepticism

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ptolemaus

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ptolemeic system=all orbits around the earth

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copernicus

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heliocentric model= all orbits around sun

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galilei

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relativity. locked up in church

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bacon

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father of empericism, scientific method > observation ; reasoning (idols), inductive methods for experimental

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newton

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scientific knowledge> mathematical laws

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descartes

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dualist, rationalisme, grondlegger filosofie, cogito ergo sum, method of doubt, problem of interaction, mechanistic view, concludes that there is a phycsical external world, concludes that rason must be the source of knowledge

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locke

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empericist “tabula rasa”, experience

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berkeley

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empericist, spiritualisme/dualisme, perceptions, assumes that all knowledge enters through the senses and blames it by god,

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thomas reid

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common sense

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hume

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empericist, causality (association), problem of induction, believes that all knowledge comes from experiences, causal relations cannot come from experience alone,

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wolff

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grondlegger introspection, rationalist & empericist

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kant

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rationalist and empericist, tegen introspection (not reliable because there is no distinction betwween the investiagor and the investigated, no mathematical properties, consciousness never constant), senses > understanding> reasoning

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comte

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positivism, against introspection (not objective)

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wundt

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laboratory structuralism, for introspection, important methods : experimental observation, introspection, historical method

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titchener

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for introspection, structuralisme

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james

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functionalism

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bridgeman

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concepts are reduced to measurements

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pavlov

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theories for human behaviour, classical cond

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thorndike

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cats in puzzle boxes

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watson

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behaviourism, no more introspection; only behavioural analyses in terms of reinforcement and punishment, a psych without consciousness

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skinner

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radical behaviourism

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chomsky

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nativist, rationalist

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donders

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first to come up with duration of mental processes. deducte the time needed for a task with only repetition from a task with repitiion and discrimination, basis for the study of mental processes through reaction time tasks

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organology

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differences in predisposition can be seen in cortical development: well developed function, larger cortical area

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cranioscopy

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differences in cortical development can be seen in nodules of the skull

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dissolution

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opposite of evoution

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release from control

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cortical areas could no longer control, lower areas were given free play

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reticularism

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the brain is a continuous network

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psychosomatics

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couldnt put into wors properly so they only expressed themselves with organ language : chronic depressed rage then led to hypertension

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law of hierarchical structure

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cortical areas have a dominant role in relation to secondary lower laying areas

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law of diminishing specificity

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further information is processed in the brain, the less specific, global and abstract it will be

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law of progressive lateralization

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the cortical hemispheres more functional lateralization can be found than in lower lying areas

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vesalius

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functional division: confirmed the three ventricles in the brain in the 16th century

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galen

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ontdekte dat brain is the behaviour and centre not the heart

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brain myopia

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premature accptance of biological explanations is risky

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