Prologue

Question 1

scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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psychology

Question 2

believed that mind is separate from the body - knowledge is innate

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plato and socrates

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believes that knowledge grows from experiences - not preexisting

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aristotle

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father of modern psychology - dissected animals - found brain fluids

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descartes

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introduced scientific method

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francis bacon

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believed we are born as a blank slate

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john locke

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the view that knowledge comes from experinces via the senses - senses flourish

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empiricism

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opened the first lab in germany

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wilhelm wundt

Question 9

early psychology - looking inward to explore structure - titchener

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structuralism

Question 10

opened the first US lab

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titchener

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looking inward to explore human min

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introspection

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focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - james

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functionalism

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devloped functionalism - 1st US psychologist

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william james

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president of APA - studied under james

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calkins

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first woman to get a PHD in psychology

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washburn

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looking through the eyes of the observer and eyes of doer of behavior

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humanistic psychology

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environment affects vs. genetics

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nature vs. nurture

Question 18

survival of the fittest

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charles darwin

natural selection

Question 19

biological, psychological, social cultural persepectives

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levels of analysis

Question 20

how evolution affects psychology

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evolutionary perspective

Question 21

role of genetics on behavior

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behavior genetics perspectives

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focuses on brain and nervous sytem

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neruoscience perspective

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study of unconscious mind

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psychodynamic perspective

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focused on learned behaviors

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behavioral perspective

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mental thought proccesses

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cognitive perspective

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awareness of individuals and how environment affects behavior

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soclal cultural perspective

Question 27

systematic study to gain a greater knowledge

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basic research

Question 28

scientific study applied to solve problems

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applied research

Question 29

uses biology to study behavior of humans

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biological psychologists

Question 30

study of changes that occur throughout the course of life

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developmental psychologists

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study of attention, language, memory thinking

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cognitive psychologists

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study of variations in personality

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personality psychologists

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study of thoughts, behavior, feelings influenced by others

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social psychologists

Question 34

counseling process and outcome/prevention and health/strenghts and weaknesses

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counseling psychologists

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assessment and treatment/prevention of mental disorders

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clinical psychologists

Question 36

study of treatment and mental illnesses

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psychiatry