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what did Wundt believe psychology is

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believed that psychology is the discipline studying conscious experience, i.e. the awareness of immediate experience

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what did Wundt work to establish psychology as

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worked to establish Psychology as an independent discipline, outside Philosophy and Medicine

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who Established the first psychological research lab. in Leipzig in 1879

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Wundt

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what was Wundt’s view of psychology

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structuralism

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wundt believed that conscious mental states could be scientifically studied through ____

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the systematic manipulation of antecedent variables (those that occur before some other event)

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what technique was proposed by wundt to go with structuralism

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introspection

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what is introspection

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the technique requiring intensive training to analyze conscious experience into its basic elements (sensations and feelings)

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what are sensations thought to be

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sensations are the raw sensory content of consciousness, without meaning.

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what was thought to be a combination of sensations

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All conscious thoughts and perceptions were thought to be combinations of sensations

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what did william james call his course in 1875

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“The relations between physiology and psychology”

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who established first psychological research lab. in 1875

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william james

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who wrote one of the first textbooks “principles of psychology”, in which he famously defined psychology as “the science of mental life”

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william james

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what idd william james name his textbook

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vwrote one of the first textbooks “principles of psychology”, in which he famously defined psychology as “the science of mental life”

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what position did william james inspire

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inspired the position later leading to functionalism

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what is functionalism

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(as opposed to structuralism): the emphasis in psychology should be on the purpose and utility of behaviour

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what is structuralism

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Structuralism: the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate god these elements are related

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what is the method for structuralism

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the method for this analysis is introspection. systematic self-observation

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what was the problem with introspection

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Problem of introspection: there is no objective, independent evaluation and reproducibility is low. This was one factor is demise of structuralism

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what did functionalism argue

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Functionalism argues that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure

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what was functionalism influenced by

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this view was influenced by Darwin’s work on natural selection

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what is a big difference between functionalism and structuralism

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Structuralists normally worked in laboratories, while Functionalists were more interesting in how people adapt their behaviour to the demands of the real world surrounding them

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functionalists introduce new subjects into the field, such as…

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mental testing, developmental patterns in children, education, behavioural differences between the sexes

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John b Watson shifted the focus away from ___ to _____

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philosophy to biology

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who did watson do research on

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Watson did research on non-human animals, and logically opposed the view that the proper approach to psychology is the method of proper introspection

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why did watson not agree with introspection

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Criticized the introspection as based on rotate experiences, which are inaccessible to the investigator

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where did watson redefine psychology

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behavioural manifesto

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what were 3 main points in the behaviourist manifesto

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Psychology must be purely objective, excluding all subjective data or interpretations in terms of conscious experience. It is not the science of mental life, but the science of behaviour
The goal of psychology should be to predict and control behaviour, as opposed to describing and explaining mental states (later on, skinner endorsed this in his radial behaviouralism)
There is no qualitative distinction between human and non-human behaviour. Human behaviour, in line with Darwin thought, is just a more complex form of behaviour of other species. The difference is quantitative, not qualitative. Consequently, the most convenient animals were used in psychology laboratories devoted to this view

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what does Gestalt psychology argue

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Gestalt psychology argues that the perception of objects is subjective and dependent on the context: Two people can look at the same object and see different things

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what did Christian von Ehrenfels believe

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the whole of personal experience is different from the sum of its constituent elements

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what is reductionism:

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attempt to explain human behaviour by recourse to its biological basis
specifically, this branch of psychology explores the relationship between behaviour and processes and structures of the central nervous system

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what is reductionism apart of

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Psychophysiological Model

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what does Psychophysiological Model assume

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psychological phenomena (experiences, consciousness), can be explained using physical and biochemical processes

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what are the general principles of reductionism applicable to human behaviour

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general principles of reductionism applicable to human behaviour: complex phenomena can be explained by reducing them to more elemental phenomena on more basic levels of analysis

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according to the Psychophysiological Model how can experience modify behaviour

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experience can modify behaviour by changing the physical and biochemical structures and processes that underpin behaviour

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how did Eric candle apply the reductionist principle to explain the neurobiology of memory

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Eric candle applied the reductionist principle to explain the neurobiology of memory, using the sea slug Aplysia California as a model organism

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what does the Psychodynamic Model say about explaining behaviour

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all behaviour can be explained in terms of drives or other intra-psychological forces

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what does human behaviour arise form according to the Psychodynamic Model

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human behaviour arises from inherited, biologically inflexible drives and reflexes, and the attempt to solve conflicts between the individuals and society’s demands for social adapted behaviour

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what does behaviour result from according to Psychodynamic Model

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behaviour results from tension and conflict, and reflects the attempt to reduce of these negative states

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what term is the key concept of the psychodynamic approach

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motivation

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who founded the first major movement in clinical psychology in modern history

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Sigmund Freud

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what did Sigmund Freud’s work focus on

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his work focused on the unconscious, as the main motor of behaviour, as the seat of desires, wishes, drives

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what did Sigmund Freud develop

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he developed psychoanalysis

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what were the 3 elements freud proposed that the psyche consisted of

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He proposed that out psyche consist of 3 elements: Id, Ego and Superego

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what is the Id

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Id: follows the pleasure principle
attempts to avoid pain and increase pleasure
Primal drives, basic nature (the wild animal within)

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what is the superego

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Superego: mortality

conscious, ideals, aspirations (your perfect self)

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what is the ego

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Ego: reason

and self control, tries to meditate superego and id

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is our psyche conscious or unconscious

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Most of our psyche is unconscious
(hidden and inaccessible to the thinking mind)
there are parts that are precocious (we can make them conscious in we try)
and there are aspects, of which we are fully aware

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what does the psychoanalysis aim for

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psychoanalysis aims to make the unconscious conscious

so that its influence on behaviour can be controlled

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what does psychoanalysis say about human nature

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The theory assumes that humans are by nature aggressive and evil and driven by sexual impulses

societies need to control this potential for violence and protect humans from their destructive nature

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what does the psychoanalysis theory propose about humans

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the theory proposes that humans pass through psychosexual phases of development
and most “neurotic” behaviours and psychological problems of the adult arise from traumatic experiences during these phases

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what does the Behaviourist model say about analysis

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the overt and observable behaviour is the proper level of analysis

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what is the Behaviourist model

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Behaviourism tries to determine what factors in the environment control behaviour. Inner factors, such as motivations and emotions, cannot be subject of analysis because they cannot be directly observed

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what are the ABC’s of psychology (in the behaviourist model)

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Antecedent conditions that precede behaviour
the Behavioural response
the Consequences that follow

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The basic model is the relation between _____ and ____ (behaviouralism model)

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The basic model is the relation between stimulus and response (S-R model)

classical behaviouralism assumes that behaviour is completely determines by antecedent conditions

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what does behaviouralism say about humans

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humans are neither good nor evil, they just react to these conditions

humans can be controlled by controlling antecedent conditions and consequences of behaviour

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what was pavlova experiment

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conditioning the dogs with a bell

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who did the little albert experiment

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John B Watson

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what was the little albert experiment

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conditioning a child to be scared of anything

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what did the Cognitive Model replace

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replaced behaviourism as the most influential model

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what was a flaw in behaviouralism

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behaviours could not explain certain phenomena easily (e.g.language acquisition)

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what are cognitions

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cognitions are all structure and processes that used to be labelled “mental”, such as perception, thinking, decision making, memory, problem solving, etc

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what is Information-processing perspective

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Brain (and so memory) is like a digital computer

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what is a memory representation

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A memory representation (memory trace, memory record) is a unit of information, that can be processed

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according to Information Processing Account of memory, what is memory stored like

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Short-term store: like RAM of computer – restricted capacity; holds information for a short time
Long-term store: like the hard disk of a computer – nearly infinite capacity; holds information almost forever

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what is the humanistic model a response to

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Alternative in the field of personality and clinical research (a) to the pessimistic view espoused by the psychodynamic model, and (b) to the environmental determinism of behaviourism

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what does the humanistic model assume

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Assumes that humans are neither motivated by strong deterministic biological drives nor environmental factors. Rather, they are active beings, naturally good and equipped with free will

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what does the humanistic model say about humans

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Humans strive for the good and to realize their potential fully, they seek change and self-realisation

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what does Humanistic psychology concentrate on

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Humanistic psychology concentrates on the phenomenological world (the world experienced by the subject), not the objective world of the external observer

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what are the steps to mallow’s hierarchy of needs

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physiological, security, social, self esteem, self actualization

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“why do humans act aggressively” according to the Physiological Model:

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Physiological Model:
discover brain revision involved in aggressive behaviour. E.g., stimulate these areas and observe aggressive behaviour. Describe networks and signalling pathways involved in producing the behaviour. Or study brains of highly aggressive subjects

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“why do humans act aggressively” according to the Psychodynamic model

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Psychodynamic model:
aggressive actions are the result of frustrations. For example, poverty or unfair authorities block access to means to satisfy id desires, this results in aggression

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“why do humans act aggressively” according to the Behaviorism

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Behaviorism:
to determine the causes of aggressive behaviour, one needs to identify reinforcers and antecedent conditions. For example, one could analyze what the consequences had been to aggressive behaviour (reinforcement, punishment

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“why do humans act aggressively” according to the Cognitive Model

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Cognitive Model:

one would study the cognitions that go along with aggressive behaviour to analyze what information processing leads to

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“why do humans act aggressively” according to the Humanistic model

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Humanistic model:
one would explore what personal values and social conditions led the individual to engage aggressive behaviour, and not to engage in activities that would further personal growth

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