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What did Plato say about the mind

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All the things we do is in the seat of the mind

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Name one of the philosophers who have dabbled in early psychology

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Plato or Aristotle

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What did Aristotle say about the emotions

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The emotions come from the heart

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What does psychology mean

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Study of behavior

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When was the birth of psychology?

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1879

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Behaviorism

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Psych should be an observable science

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Behavior

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Anything an organism does

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What was one of the biggest debates?

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Nature vs. nurture

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Where does this debate first take place?

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Ancient Greece Aristotle and Plato

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What are the 3 levels of analysis?

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  1. Biological
  2. Psychological
  3. Social-culture
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How body and brain enable emotions, memory’s, and sensory experiences

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Neuroscience

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How humans adapt for survival

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Evolutionary

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How much genes and our environment influence on us

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Behavior genetics

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How behavior springs form unconscious

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Psychodynamic

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How we learn observable responses

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Behavioral

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How we encode process, store, and retrieve information

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Cognitive

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How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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Social-cultural

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Physical indicators toward child abuse

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Unexplained bruises
Unexplained burns
Unexplained lacerations to mouth,lips,arms,legs,and torso
Missing or loose teeth
Human bite marks 
Bald spots
Unexplained abrasions
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Characteristic of abuser

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Anger control problems
Depression
Low self esteem
Inappropriate expectations

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Behavioral indicators of neglect

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Child steals food

Child attends school irregularly

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Verbal and nonverbal hostile

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Spurning

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Caregiver behavior that harm to a child

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Terrorizing

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Perps of rapest

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Aqua tine or close friend

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What are some physical abuse

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Fear
Threatens spouse
Threaten family
Blame spouse
It's always her fault
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Attribution theory

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The theory that we explain someone’s behavior

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