Prologue

Question 1

Definition of psychology

Answer 1

Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

Forms of psychology

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Behavior, mental, scientific

Question 3

What is behavior psych?

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Anything an organism does that can be observed and recorded

Question 4

What is mental processes of psych?

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Internal subjunctive experiences we u get from behavior

Question 5

What is scientific study of psych ?

Answer 5

Rely on labs and scientific method

Question 6

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

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Thinking about thinking

Question 7

Descartes

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Knowledge is innate

Question 8

Locke

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Tabula rasa; knowledge comes from experience

Question 9

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)

Question 10

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

Question 11

Problems with introspection

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

Question 12

Definition of functionalism

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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)

Question 15

What is cognitive revolution

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Perception, memory, language

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Who was father of psych?

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Wilhelm Wundt (1879)

Question 17

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

Question 18

Nature vs nurture

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Genetics vs environment (experiences)

Question 19

Counseling psychologists

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Help ppl deal with problems and achieve greater well being

Question 20

Clinical psychologist

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Study, asses, and treat people with psychological disorders

Question 21

Psychiatrists

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Medical dr who treat people with disorders

Question 22

Community psychologist

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Create social and physical environments that are healthy for all

Question 23

Basic research

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Goal is to increase scientific knowledge base

Question 24

Applied research

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Goal is to solve practical problems

Question 25

Cognitive

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How the mind works

Question 26

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

Question 28

Developmental

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Changing abilities from womb to tomb

Question 29

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

Question 31

Industrial/organizational

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Workplace behavior

Question 32

Clinical

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Assess and treat disorders

Question 33

Empirical approach

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Evidence based approach

Question 34

Scientific attitude

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Skeptical and open

Question 35

Critical thinking

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

Question 36

Mary Calkins

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American psych association first female president

Question 37

Margaret Washburn

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1st woman to receive psych PHD

Question 38

Positive psych

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

Question 39

Level of analysis

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

Question 40

Testing effect

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Enhanced memory after retrieving

Question 41

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

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Cognitive psych

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

Question 44

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

Question 46

Culture

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Shared ideas and behaviors that one generation passes to the next