History of Psychology Flashcards
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Beahaviorism / Conductismo
The study of behavior.
Cognitive psychology / Psicología cognitiva
The study of mental processes.
Consciousness / Conciencia
Awareness of ourselves and our environment.
Empiricism / Empirismo
The belief that knowledge comes from experience.
Eugenics / Eugenesia
The practice of selective breeding to promote desired traits.
Flashbulb memory / Memoria flash
A highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event.
Functionalism / Funcionalismo
A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.
Gestalt psychology / Psicología Gestalt
An attempt to study the unity of experience.
Individual differences / Diferencias individuales
Ways in which people differ in terms of their behavior, emotion, cognition, and development.
Introspection / Introspección
A method of focusing on internal processes.
Neural impulse / Impulso neuronal
An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate.
Practitioner-Scholar Model
A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.
Psychophysics / Psicofísica
Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.
Realism / Realismo
A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.
Scientist-practitioner model
A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.
