Midterm 1

Question 1

what is psychology?

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the study of mind and behavior

Question 2

william james

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1st american psychologist

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structuralism

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focused on understanding the conscious experience through introspection

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functionalism

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emphasized how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment

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sigmund freud

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studied the unconscious mind

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ID

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unconscious part that is the cauldron of raw drives (sex and aggression)

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Ego

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rational and reasonable

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super ego

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conscious

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5 developmental stages

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oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital

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gesalt psychology

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views mind as a whole

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psychoanalytic theory

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focus on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior

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ivan pavlov

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behavior/conditioned reflex
“dog salivation”

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john b watson

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behaviorist

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B.F. Skinner

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behaviorist
- operant conditioning

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humanism

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Perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that innate to all humans
- Carl rodgers

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abrahman maslow

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hierarchy of needs

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behaviorism

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focus on oberservings and controlling

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5 pillars of psychology

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1. biological
2. cognitive
3. development
4. social and personality
5. mental and physical health

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biopsychology

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application on the principles of biology to the study of mental process and behavior

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Evolutionary psych

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study the biological causes of behavior

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cognitive psych

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focuses on studying cognition/thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and actions

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developmental psychology

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study development over a life span

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jean piaget

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theory of cognitive developmental

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social psychology

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how peoples thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by actual, imagined or implied presence of other

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5 personality dimensions

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1. openness (imagination, feelings, actions and ideas) 2. conscientiousness (competence, discipline, thoughtfulness and goal driven) 3. extroversion (sociability, assertiveness, emotional, expression) 4. agreeableness (cooperative, trustworthy and good-natured) 5. Neuroticism (tendency toward, unstable emotions)

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personality psychology

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study of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique

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personality trait

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consistent pattern of thought and behavior

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theory

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set of ideas explaining phenomenon, allowing predictions

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hypothesis

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testable prediction

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empirical

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replying on sense observations

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generalizable

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results apply to other settings

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public verifiable

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Independent others can replicate

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hypothesis driven

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Predicting relationships between variables

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mamie clark

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different race doll study

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WEIRD

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Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic

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Descriptive research

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one or more variables longitudinal cross-sectional

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correlational research

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at least 2 variables to what extent do 2 variables occur together? ranged from -1.00 to +1.00

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experimental research

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at least one variable is manipulated (independent) one variable is measured as result of manipulation (dependent)

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what is the scientific method?

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make an observation ask a question form a hypothesis make a prediction do an experiment analyze results report results

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verifiability

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experiment must be replicable by another researcher

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predictability

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theory should enable us to make predictions about future events

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falsifiability

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whether a hypothesis can get disproved

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fairness

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all data must be considered when evaluating a hypothesis

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james-lange theory

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emotional experience relies on the physiological arousal associated with the emotional state

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IRB

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Institutional review board

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IACUC

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animal care committee

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debriefing

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when an experiment involved deception, participants are told complete truthful info ab the experiment

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deception

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purposely misleading experiment pariticipants in order to maintain the integrity or experiment

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informed concent

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informing research participant what to expect

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correlational research

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observe and measure phenomena

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descriptive studies

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research studies that dont test specific relationship between variables