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Intro to Psychology Flashcards

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Psychology Definition

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Scientific study of the mind and behavior

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3 Levels of Analysis

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Of the Brain, Of the Mind, Of the Group

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Level of the BRAIN

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Activity and structure of the brain

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Level of the Mind

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How the mind acts. Mental events

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Level of the Group

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How the group shapes a persons mind

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School of thought: HUMANISM

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People have values, free-will, and creativity

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School of thought: Gestalt

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Considers the macro level

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School of thought: Structuralism

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Building blocks: Feelings and sensations

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School of thought: Functionalism

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Why do humans think, feel, and behave? Adaptation and natural selection.

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School of thought: Behaviorism

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Observable behaviors. Reinforcement.

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School of thought: Psychodynamic

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Push-Pull interactions between the conscious and unconscious.

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Abraham Maslow School of thought

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Humanism

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Carl Rogers School of thought

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Humanism

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Max Wertheimer School of thought

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Gestalt

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Wilhelm Wundt School of thought

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Structuralism

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William James School of thought

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Functionalism

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John B Watson School of thought

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Behaviorism

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B.F Skinner School of thought

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Behaviorism

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Sigmund Freud School of thought

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Phychodynamic

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Research Method : Descriptive

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Research method that describes the characteristics pf a population, situation, or phenomenon.

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Research Method : Correlation

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Research method that examines the relationship between two or more variables.

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Research Method : Experimental

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Research method where a researcher actively manipulates one or more variables to observe the effects of the dependent variable.

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Research Method : Case Study

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Research method that observes multiple points of data of an individual, group, or event.

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Retrograde Amnesia

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Events before

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Anterograde Amnesia

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Events After

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Semantic Memory

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Memory of the meanings of words, concepts, and general facts.

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Episodic Memory

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Memories that include a specific event, time, or place.

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Explicit Memory

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Memories that can voluntarily retrieved

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Implicit Memory

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Memories that do not require retrieval - you just know

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What does IRB stand for?

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Institutional Review Board

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What are lobes?

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Four major parts of each half of the brain

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What and Where is the Occipital Lobe?

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Vision; Lower back

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What and Where is the Temporal Lobe?

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Hearing and Language; By the temples

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What and Where is the Frontal Lobe?

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Thinking, Planning, Decision-making; Front

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What and Where is the Parietal Lobe?

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Sense of touch; Top back

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What is the Corpus Callosum?

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Large bundles of nerves that connect the two hemispheres of the brain.

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What is the Cerebral Cortex?

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Pink-Grey Layer of the brain where most mental processes arise.

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Thalamus

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Structure that relays impulses to the brain; Switchboard

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Hypothalamus

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Controls eating, drinking, regulating body temp, heart rate and hormones.

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Hippocampus

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Stores new information in the brain’s memory banks

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Amygdala

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Strong emotions such as fear and anger

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What are the four lobes

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Occipital, Temporal, Pariental, and Frontal

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Cerebellum

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Base of the brain; Coordination, estimating time, and paying attention.

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What is the Peripheral Nervous System?

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Outside of the brain and spinal cord - Delivers info to different parts of the body.

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What is the Somatic Nervous System?

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Concious/Voluntary control of body movements. Part of the PNS.

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What is the Central Nervous System?

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Brain and spinal cord; Processing center

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What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?

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Network of nerves that prepares the body for FLIGHT or FIGHT. Increased oxygen, heat rate and blood pressure.

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What is the Parasympathic Nervous System?

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Network of nerves that helps the body relax and conserve energy. Decreases heart rate, breathing.

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