Lecture 3 Flashcards

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How does Mind Body dualism view the mind?

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Views the mind as a spiritual entity

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What does Mind Body dualism say about the mind?

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the mind is not subject to the same physical laws that govern the body and therefore cannot be studied using traditional scientific methods

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How does Monism view the mind?

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As a product of the same physical events that effect the body

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What does Monism imply about the mind?

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The mind can be studies from a scientific perspective

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What was the first approach to understanding human behaviour?

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Structuralism

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What was the idea behind structuralism?

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It assumes more complex aspects of the mind could be broken down into more basic elements

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What did structuralism rely on?

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Analytic Introspection

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What is analytic introspection?

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Participants trained to systematically describe their experience when exposed to various stimuli

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What is Functionalism concerned with?

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The function and purpose of behaviour and thought, rather than structure

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What does functionalism emphasize?

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How mental processes help us rather than simply describing what they are

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How does the use of different perspectives help?

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they could emphasize different aspects of behaviour and mental processes

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What are the different types of Perspectives?

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Psychodynamic
Behavioural
Cognitive
Biological
Cross-Cultural 
Evolutionary
Humanistic
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What did the Psychodynamic perspective beleive?

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Different causes of behaviour could be understood by looking within an individual

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How did Behaviourism start?

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With the premise that behaviour is what really matter and therefore should be the focus of research

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How did behaviourism view behaviour?

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As a product of the environment. It also emphasized controlling behaviour by altering the environment

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What did Behaviourism lead to the development of?

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Behaviour modification therapy

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What does Cognitive behaviourism emphasize?

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The link between behaviour and cognition. Assumes humans are thinking creatures

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What does Cognitive behaviourism believe about the environment?

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Humans can learn new behaviours by observing others. While the environment influences us we can also influence the environment

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What does the humanistic approach emphasize?

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Conscious motives, freedom, choice and self actualizing

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What is Self-actualizing?

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Reaching ones full potential

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What is the Gestalt perspective concerned with?

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How elements of experience are organized into wholes. The whole is greater than its parts

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What is the cognitive perspective concerned with?

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The nature of the mind and understanding how mental processes influence behaviour

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What does Cognitive neuroscience rely one?

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Physiological measures to understand mental processes

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What does the Socio- cultural perspective focus on?

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The range of socially-mediated influences on behaviour, thoughts and feelings

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What does the Biological perspective focus on?

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Various underlying physiology relevant for understanding human nature

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Which approach is related to Localization of function?

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the biological perspective

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The evolutionary perspective concerned with?

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How behaviour and mental processes evolved