introduction intro psychology Flashcards

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Psychology (Old Definition)

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Scientific Study of the mind and behavior

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Mind

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Private Inner experience

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Behavior

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Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals

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why did some old psychologist think we should only study behavior

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because we cannot directly observe whats going on in the mind

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psychology (new definition)

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the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior

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brain

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organ repressible for the mind behavior

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plato

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he was a nativist- he believed that some kind of knowledge is innate (nature)

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Aristotle

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an empiricist- we develop our knowledge through experience ( nurture)

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Descartes

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Nativist- believed the mind and body were two separate entities.

” i think therefor i am”

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Hobbes and Locke

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we grain knowledge though experience.

“tabula rasa” - blank slate at birth

there is no mind body dualism

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Descarte’s error

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case study in the 1800’s which showed that the “mind” was dependent on the brain

Broca-
Wernicke-

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structuralism

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aimed to understand the basic elements “structures” of psychological experience

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functionalism

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aimed to understand the adaptive purpose of psychological characteristics

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Wilhelm Wundt ( 1832- 1920)

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  • was the father of psychology
  • intrest
    • consciousness
    • structuralism
    • introspection
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John Watson

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  • influenced by russian psychologist Ivan Pavolv
  • believed that the focus of the study of psychology should be on behavior
  • called his philosophy behaviorism
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operant

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consequence of behavior

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Gestalt

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theorist who studied how we perceive and think about the world

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Baby in a box

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B.F. Skinner made a contraption for mother to keep their children in - environmentally friendly and time saving

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cognitive psychology

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scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning

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Wolfgang Kohler

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studied how animals learn insight; his most famous pupil was Sultan, the ape

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some of the most famous social psychologist

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Asch, Clarks, and Milgram

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What percentage of intervals upped the shock to the highest “dangerous” level.

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the origins of clinical psychology

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  • late 1800’s clinics began to study and treat those with psychological disorders
  • One of the most famous of the early clinicians was Sigmund Freud
  • he used psychoanalysis
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psychoanalysis

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a psychosexual theory of development and treated patients by taping into their unconscious psyche

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later approaches to psychotherapy included the…

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humanistic and cognitive-behavioral ones

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ideal self

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humanistic psychologist believed in the goal of attaining…

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humanistic psychologist believed in the goal of attaining the..

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ideal self

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ideal self

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The ideal self is the part of a person’s self-concept that consists of their desires, hopes, and wishes

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two of the most famous human psychologist

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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clinical psychologist

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  • perform assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders
  • conduct research on people with mental disorders.
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clinical psychologist

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  • perform assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders
  • conduct research on people with mental disorders.
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counseling psychologist

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work with people experiencing temporary or relatively self-contained life problems