Intro Flashcards

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Sensation and feelings

1st psychological lab

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Edward Titchner

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Student of Wundt

Expanded Wundt works to include thinking

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Introspection

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Used to determine what was happening in the mind
Biased depending on the person
Ex) Hershey’s kiss

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Functionalism

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How the mind functions in relation to consciousness AND helps individuals to adapt to their environment

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William James

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Professor of anatomy

Stream of consciousness changes to adapt to its environment

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Natural selection

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Inborn characteristics make us able to adapt and pass out genes to next generation

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Gestalt psychology

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The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Studied the total experience, not just the mind or behavior. Perception.
Law of closure and law of symmetry

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Psychodynamic theory

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Sigmund Feud: separate components of the mind. Unconsciousness (not aware).

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Psychoanalysis

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Therapy for mental disorders

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Behaviorism

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Movement toward more scientific psychology.

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John Watson

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Wanted focus shifted from consciousness to unconsciousness.

Specific stimulus evokes specific response: took out the mind component and only looked at observable behavior.

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Skinner

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Reward and punishment of behaviors

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Humanistic Psych

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Ppl have positive values, free will, & creativity allowing them to choose life fulfilling paths to be all they can be

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Maslow

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Hierarchy of need
Self-actualization
Full potential

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Structuralism

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Analyze basic elements or structure of conscious mental experience

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Carl Rogers

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Client centered therapy

Counseling and how people were treated in sessions changed “patient” to “client”

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Cognitive Revolution

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Mid 1970s

Computer was used to find I observable mental processes and behavior

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Experimental/Academic psychology

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*research
*specialty area
Exp: variety of settings
Academic: must teach

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Applied psychology

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Apply research to multiple areas

Specialty areas: developmental, social, industrial, educational, clinical

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IV vs DV

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IV: manipulated
DV: measured response
Cause and effect

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Experimental research

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Random assignment

Cannot do this w/ gender, height, physical&mental feat.

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Quasi-experimental

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Pre-existing variable

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Correlation

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Relationship

How 2 variables react with eachother (positive vs negative)

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Descriptive research

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Naturalistic observation
Case study: 1 participant
*a lot of experiments start with this

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Reliability and validity

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R: consistency
V: true measurement

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Bias

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Sampling, response, experimenter expectancy effect(person changes answer based on what they think the experimenter wants to hear)