LCT1: PsychIntro

Question 1

What is psychology?

Answer 1

the study of mind and behavior

Question 2

What does our mind consist of? (3)

Answer 2

1) Thoughts (beliefs/attitudes)
2) Feelings (sadness/anger)
3) Hypothetical Constructs (learning/motivation/personality - not tangible)

Question 3

What do our behaviors consist of? (2)

Answer 3

1) Actions (things we do)

2) Overt/Observable

Question 4

Whats one major issue in psychology’s roots?

Answer 4

Dualism - the mind vs body controversy

Question 5

What is dualism?

Answer 5

The idea that mind and body are separate but intertwined

Question 6

Who was the psychologist behind Dualism?

Answer 6

Descartes

Question 7

Where does dualism show up in our daily lives? How?

Answer 7

1) Language - “my child”, “my car”, “my brain”… we talk as though we own our brain as if its separate.
2) Personal Identity - a person’s identity can be unchanged even with dramatic changes to the body

Question 8

What is Monism?

Answer 8

Mind = Brain, that mental and physical spheres are not separate

Question 9

What does research tells us about the conflict in dualism and monism?

Answer 9

continues to show evidence of monism but dualism will always be evident in certain ways

Question 10

What is a problem with Dualism?

Answer 10

Objectification (“objectifying” = seeing as an object, separate from ourselves) - problematic treatment of that object (ex. in mil gram studies, “learner” was objectified; objectification of women and bodies)