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Prologue Flashcards

1
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Definition of psychology

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Forms of psychology

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Behavior, mental, scientific

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What is behavior psych?

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Anything an organism does that can be observed and recorded

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What is mental processes of psych?

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Internal subjunctive experiences we u get from behavior

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What is scientific study of psych ?

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Rely on labs and scientific method

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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

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Thinking about thinking

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Descartes

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Knowledge is innate

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Locke

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Tabula rasa; knowledge comes from experience

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Definition of structuralism

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Structure of the mind (emotions), understand the basic components of the mind, elements of consciousness (Wundt and titchener)

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Definition of introspection

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Self reflection, used to analyze mind structure, give a full unbiased report of what is going on in your head

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Problems with introspection

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Unreliable, error, must be able to verbalize mental processes, reflecting on experience may change the current experience

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Definition of functionalism

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Functions of the mind, consciousness must have some adaptive function (James and Darwin)

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Definition of behaviorism

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Only behavior should be studied; can be characterized by stimuli (process) and responses (react), complex behaviors, learning can occur without responding

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What is humanistic psych?

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Emphasized growth potential of healthy people (need for love and acceptance and environments that nurture or limit personal growth)

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What is cognitive revolution

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Perception, memory, language

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16
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Who was father of psych?

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Wilhelm Wundt (1879)

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What did wilhelm Wundt create?

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Created first experiment and lab— interested Adam’s of the mind, created a machine that creates sound and discovers when we become conscious of the sound

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Nature vs nurture

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Genetics vs environment (experiences)

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Counseling psychologists

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Help ppl deal with problems and achieve greater well being

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Clinical psychologist

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Study, asses, and treat people with psychological disorders

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Psychiatrists

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Medical dr who treat people with disorders

22
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Community psychologist

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Create social and physical environments that are healthy for all

23
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Basic research

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Goal is to increase scientific knowledge base

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Applied research

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Goal is to solve practical problems

25
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Cognitive

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How the mind works

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Neuroscience

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How biological factors and bodily events influence behavior (study of brain activity linked with cognition)

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Social

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How social factors influence behavior and thought

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Developmental

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Changing abilities from womb to tomb

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Psychodynamic

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How unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior

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Counseling

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Assist people with coping

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Industrial/organizational

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Workplace behavior

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Clinical

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Assess and treat disorders

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Empirical approach

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Evidence based approach

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Scientific attitude

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Skeptical and open

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Critical thinking

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Examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hides biases, evaluated evidence, asses conclusions

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Mary Calkins

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American psych association first female president

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Margaret Washburn

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1st woman to receive psych PHD

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Positive psych

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Study of human flourishing with the goals of promoting strengths and happiness to help people thrive

39
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Level of analysis

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Differing complementary, biological, psychological, social cultural views for analyzing a situation

40
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Testing effect

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Enhanced memory after retrieving

41
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SQ3r

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Study, questions, read, retrieve, review

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Freudian psych

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The ways are unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect our behavior

43
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Cognitive psych

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Study of mental processes (learn, remember, Think, solve problems, communicate)

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Evolutionary psych

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Study of evolution of behavior and the mind

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Behavior genetics

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Study of relative power and limits of genetics and environmental influences in behavior

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Culture

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Shared ideas and behaviors that one generation passes to the next

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