PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards

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The scientific study of the mind and behavior and involves studying and understanding mental processes, brain functions, and behavior.

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Psychology

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Psychology of studying self is all about either the ______ and ______ representation of one’s identity or subject of experience.

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Cognitive and affective

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A perspective that focuses on the essential elements that make a human perception , consciousness , thinking , emotion and other forms of mental activity.

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Structuralism (1879)

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Structuralism

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Wilhelm Wundt

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He brought stucturalism to America and was Wundt’s student.

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Edward Titchener

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How people carry our behavior and how our mind works. Describes the mind as a functional tool.

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Functionalism (1890)

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Father of American Psychology

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William James

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Father of Psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt

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He was the first to teach his psychology course in the U.S.

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William James

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He introduced the “Principles of Psychology” (1890)

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William James

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also known as phenomenal self, experienced self and self as known.

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Me-Self

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A self that has experienced the phenomena and who had known the situation.

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Me-Self

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Is the self-thought or self-knower.

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I-Self

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It is the empirical self, the one who does the acting.

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“Me”

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The self that is capable of thinking and reflecting.

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“I”

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Understanding the Self can be separated into 3 categories according to William James:

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  1. Its constituents
  2. The feeling and emotions they arouse (self feeling)
  3. Actions to which they prompt (self-seeking and self-preservation)
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Sub-categories of Self

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  1. Material Self
  2. Social Self
  3. Spiritual Self
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Our bodies, clothes, immediate family and home.

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Material Self

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Based on our interactions with the society and reaction of people towards us.

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Social self

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Most intimate, because it is more satisfying for the person that they have the ability to argue and discriminate one’s moral sensibility conscience and indomitable will.

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Spiritual Self

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A method of treating mental disorders, shaped by psychoanalytic theory, which emphasizes unconscious mental processes and is sometimes described as “depth psychology”.

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Psychoanalysis (1900)

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Austrian neurologist and the founder of “Psychoanalysis”.

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Sigmund Freud

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3 Distinct Parts of the Mind

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  1. ID
  2. Superego
  3. Ego
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Pleasure principle, primitice and animalistic impulses (sex, food, and comfort).

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Morality principle, center for ethical imperative, reminds the self what is right and wrong.
Superego
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Rationality principle, moderator between the id and superego.
Ego
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Important Division of Mind
1. Conscious 2. Unconscious
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Thoughts we are aware of.
Conscious
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Thoughts that we are not aware of.
Unconscious
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- This theory finds that when fundamental elements that compare our perception of objects are considered together, they produce something more significant and more meaningful than those individual elements alone. - Focuses on how people notice the parts of a whole together.
Gestalt Psychology (1912)
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Gestalt Theory is by?
Max Wertheimer
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Behaviorism is by?
John B. Watson
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He suggested that behavior can be understood by observing principles, like the ones studied by Ivan Pavlov.
John B. Watson
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He studied classical conditioning or the relationship between the stimulus and response.
Ivan Pavlov
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Studied the operant conditioning.
B.F. Skinner
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It is an observable behavior and it must be directly seen.
Behaviorism (1913)
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We have the freedom to make individual choices and to shape our own destiny.
Humanistic Approach (1960)
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He was a humanistic psychologist who formulated the "Person-Centered Theory".
Carl Rogers
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In this theory, everyone is different and' therefore, everyone's view of his or her own world, and ability to manage it, should be trusted.
Person Centered Theory
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Rogers believed that a person must be fully honest with themselves to have personal discovery on oneself.
Person Centered Theory
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The self-worth of a person and it is how the person sees self and others see them.
Perceived Self
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Self-image or how the person really is.
Real Self
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How the person would like to be.
Ideal Self
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Behavior is determined by the individual's mental processes, including knowledge, memory, perceptions, images, and thoughts.
Cognitive Approach (the late 1950's-early 1960s)
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Cognitive psychologists assert that a _____ is the physical embodiment of a mind that can remember making decisions, planning, setting goals, etc.
Brain
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In this approach, Hormones, genetics, and diseases are thought by many to be the basic biological factors that influence behavior.
Bio-psychosocial Approach (1977)
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Bio-psychosocial Approach is by?
Dr. George Engel
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School of Thoughts
1. Structuralism 2. Functionalism 3. Psychoanalysis 4. Gestalt Psychology 5. Behaviorism 6. Humanistic Approach 7. Cognitive Approach 8. Bio-psychosocial Approach