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Psychology Flashcards

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What are the current approaches to psychology?

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psychoanalysis
behaviorist
humanist
cognitivists

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Psychoanalysis (approach to psych)

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  • theory that our personalities are shaped by unconscious motives affected by mental processes
  • Founded by Freud
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Behaviourist (approach to psych)

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  • observable behaviour
  • controlled laboratory experiments
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Humanist (approach to psych)

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  • proposed the importance of subjective experience and personal growth
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Cognitivist (approach to psych)

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  • Adapting a lab-based scientific approach with application to memory, perception, mental illness, etc
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What are the 4 main goals of psychology?

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Describe
Explain
Predict
Change

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Sensation

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process by which our senses (touch, smell, see) receive and relay outside stimuli

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Perception

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the way our brains organize and interpret that information and put it into context

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why did she miss (curler video)

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  • perception of how much she has to push it, depends on the environments
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Prosopagnosia video (face blindness)

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  • These individuals cannot recognize individuals and it was only discovered within the past 20 years
  • Perception disorder
  • Can’t recognize family members
  • Can’t identify themselves
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Dateline video

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Nerves caused the women to not perceive the switch of men in this speed dating video

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Clever Hans video

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  • Von Osten wanted to prove that animals were incredibly intelligent
  • The horse did not actually look at the question but rather Von Osten (questionnaire). Clever Hans would read the body language and react accordingly to answer the questions.
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Little Albert video

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doctor conditioned fear in Albert but associating cute objects with loud scary noises

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Young Sheldon video (operant conditioning)

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  • Sheldon would give Penny chocolate when she behaved how he liked
  • He would spray them with water when they were not behaving how he’d like
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The office video (classical conditioning)

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Used a sound of a computer and associated it with Dwight getting a mint

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Bobo doll experiment video

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  • Old theory: Watching violence reduces aggression, it purges us
  • New theory: When you see someone acting violently it encourages violence
17
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What is memory?

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Memory is the power of the brain to recall past experiences or information

18
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What are the 3 types of memory?

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sensory memory
short-term memory
long-term memory

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What is sensory memory?

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  • Sensory memory is our shortest form of memory.
  • Sensory memory acts as a buffer for stimuli received through the five senses.
  • These images are accurately retained, but only for a brief moment in time, typically less than half a second
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What is short-term memory?

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  • Short-term memories are slightly less passing than sensory memories, but they still get dismissed after a few minutes
  • Short-term memory is the part of our brains that holds onto information until we need to recall it
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What is long-term memory?

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  • Long-term memory is the brain’s system for storing, managing, and recalling information
  • It is very complex with different functionality
  • Long term memory includes anything from an event that happened 5 minutes ago to something from 20 years ago
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Where did I put my memory video

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  • Video giving strategies to improve memory
    These strategies include:
  • memorizing by song
  • associate numbers as shapes
  • mental snapshots
  • regular exercise
  • associate thing you need to remember with something extreme or silly
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What is the condition called of people who remember every second of their lives?

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Highly superior autobiographical memory

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Inside the teenage brain video

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  • Teens get about 7.5 hours of sleep a night but they need 9.25
    Problems with lack of sleep:
  • lack of focus
  • worse performance
  • affects mood
    Pros of changing school day:
  • more talkative and happy
  • more engaged
  • better attendance
    Cons of changing school day:
  • Prevents after school activity
  • bus schedule and child care changes
25
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MAP

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M: Mastery
- The urge to get better at stuff
A: Autonomy
- Self direction
P: Purpose

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Harlow experiment video

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  • Cloth monkey provided love and belonging (17-18 hours a day)
  • wire monkey provided nutrients (1 hour a day)
  • Shows how at different points different needs are more important
27
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Sigmund Freud

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  • Father of psychoanalysis
  • Freud believed that people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts
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Hans Selye

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  • discovered lots about stress
  • developed the theory called the General Adaptation Syndrome
29
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Monster Eminem + Rihanna song

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  • Eminem suffers from OCD
  • Rihanna embraces her condition “friends with the monster”
30
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Howie Mendel

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  • OCD
  • extreme fear of germs
  • in therapy and takes meds
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In my blood (Shawn Mendes song)

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  • anxiety
  • feels overwhelmed and insecure

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