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Fourth century B.C.E. – used observation and questioning to understand the body-psyche relationship

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Aristotle

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What event defined the start of scientific psychology?

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began in Germany when Wundt opened the first psychology lab

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defined psychology as “science of mental life”

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Wundt

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Wundt added two key elements to enhance the scientific nature of psychology

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carefully measured observations and experiments

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mentored by Wundt

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Titchener

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Encouraged

introspection, reporting on sensations and other elements of experience in reaction to stimuli

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Titchener

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Why did introspection fail as a method for understanding how the mind works?

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variable self reports

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1st psychologist

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William James

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assemble the mind’s structure from simple elements by looking at the evolved functions of thoughts and feelings

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functionalism

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form of psychology that used introspection to define the mind’s makeup

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structuralism

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– focused on how mental processes enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish

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functionalism

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James believed that emotions were –

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bottom up

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functionalism =

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William James

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1st APA female president

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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studied with James but denied PhD

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Calkins

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second APA female president and wrote The Animal Mind

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Maragret Floy Washburn

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authored Principles of Psychology

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James

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studied with Michener but barred from his experimental psychology organization

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Washburn

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first woman to receive psychology PhD

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Washburn

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Defined psychology as “scientific study of observable

behavior” without reference to mental processes

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behaviorism

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psychologists of behaviorism

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Watson, Skinner, and Rayner

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two of the major forces in psychology well into the 1960s

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behaviorism and Freudian psychology

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classical conditioning

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Watson

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operant conditioning

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Skinner

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behaviorists Watson and Skinner dismissed –

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introspection

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Watson and Rayner conducted famous – experiments which showed that fear could be learned

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“Little Albert”

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Emphasized ways unconscious thought processes and emotional responses to childhood experiences affect later behavior

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Freudian psychology

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  • Revived interest in study of mental processes
  • Focused on ways current environments can nurture or limit growth potential and importance of having need for love and acceptance satisfied
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humanistic psychology

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who led humanistic psychology

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Rogers and Maslow

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The – occurred in 1960 and focus returned to interest in mental processes.

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cognitive revolution

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– scientifically explored ways in which information is perceived, processed, and remembered.

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Cognitive psychology

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The interdisciplinary field of – ties the science of mind (cognitive psychology) and the science of the brain (neuroscience) and focuses on brain activity underlying mental activity

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cognitive neuroscience

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How did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology? It recaptured the field’s early interest in – and made them legitimate topics for scientific study.

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mental processes

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psychology =

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science of behavior and mental processes

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The field of psychology is growing and –

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globalizing

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Character and intelligence inherited; some ideas inborn

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Plato (nature)

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Some ideas are intuitive

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Descartes (nature)

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Some traits, behaviors, and instincts are part of species; natural selection

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Darwin (nature)

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content of mind comes through senses

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Aristotle (nurture)

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mind is a blank slate

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Locke (nurture)

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the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.

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natural selection

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Focus on how humans are alike because of common biology and evolutionary history

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evolutionary psychology

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focus on differences related to differing genes and environments

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behavior genetics

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Focus on ways culture shapes behavior, but same underlying processes are universal

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cross-cultural psychology

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Gender psychology: Focus on differences; males and females are overwhelmingly –

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similar

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even when specific attitudes and behaviors vary by gender or across cultures, as they often do, the underlying causes are much the–

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same

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Uses scientific methods to investigate building of good life that engages skill-building and a meaningful life that extends beyond self

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positive psychology

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positive psychologists such as – explores human flourishing

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Seligman

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psychology’s three main levels of analysis

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biological, psychological, socio-cultural

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psychology is a – scientific discipline (Cacloppo)

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hub

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Common quest : Describing and explaining – and the mind underlying it

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behavior

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How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

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neuroscience

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How the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes

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evolutionary

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How our genes and our environment influence our individual differences

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behavior genetics

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How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

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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 info

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cognitive

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how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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socio-cultural

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Testing boosts – of material

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retention

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Actively processing material and retrieving material helps master it

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testing effect

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– rehearsal, interspaced with other subjects, is more efficient than cramming

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Spaced

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SQ3R study method

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Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review

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