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Section 5 - approaches in psychology Flashcards

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What did Wilhelm Wunt believe (1832-1920)

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All aspects of nature, including the human mind could be studied scientifically

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What did Wundt’s preferred topic to study

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Human behavior

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What did Wunt realise he couldn’t study

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  • learning
  • language
  • emotions
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What is Empiricism

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Belief that knowledge is derived from sensory experience

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What is introspection

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A person gains knowledge about their mental and emotional status

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What is the scientific method

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Investigative methods that are objective, systematic, replicable

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1 criticism of Wundt’s contribution in psychology

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Methods were unreliable

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Why was Wundt’s results unreliable

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His approach relied primarily on ‘non-observable’ responses

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What is the ‘new scientific approach’ in psychology based off

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  • Behavior is being caused

- behavior is determined

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What could behavior being caused and determined predict

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How humans would behave in different conditions

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What is genotype

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Genetic makeup of an individual, the genotype is a collection of genetic material that is passed from generation to generation

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What is natural selection

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Inherited characteristics that enhance an individual’s reproductive success that is passed down from generation to generation

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What is neurochemistry

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The study of chemical and neural process associated with the nervous system

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What is phenotype

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The observable characteristics of an individual

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What is the Psychodynamic approach

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Refers to any theory that emphasises change and development in the individual

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What is Psychoanalysis

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A term used to describe the personality theory and therapy associated with sigmund Freud

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What is unconscious

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The part of the human mind that ci tains repressed ideas and memories as well as primitive desires and impulses

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What are defence mechanisms

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Unconscious strategies that protect our conscious mind from anxiety

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What is ID

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Personality that operates solely in the unconscious

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What are the 3 stages of classical conditioning

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Before conditioning
During conditioning
After conditioning

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What happens in the before conditioning stimulus

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-Unconditioned stimulus —> Unconditioned response

Neutral stimulus —> No salivation

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What happens in the during conditioning stimulus

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Unconditioned stimulus paired with neutral stimulus —> Unconditioned response

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What happens in the after conditioning stimulus

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Neutral stimulus is now the conditioned stimulus and produces a conditioned response

24
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How does timing affect classical conditioning

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If the NS occurs after the Unconditioned stimulus or the time between is to great, then conditioning won’t take place

25
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How does stimulus generalisation affect classical conditioning

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Once the animal has been conditioned they respond to stimuli similar to the controlled response

26
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Is the controlled response permanent in classical conditioning

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No

27
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How long till the controlled response is ineffective in classical conditioning

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After a few presentations

28
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What is spontaneous recovery in classical condtioning

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The link for the controlled stimulus and the uncontrolled stimulus is made a lot faster

29
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What is the behaviourist approach made up of

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  • Classical conditioning

- operant conditioning

30
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What are the 2 types of reinforcement

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Positive

Negative

31
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What is positive reinforcement

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When you give them a pleasant stimulus after a behaviour

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What is negative reinforcement

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When a disliked stimulus is removed after a certain behaviour is exhibited

33
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What is an example of schedules of reinforcement

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Produce food every third leaver press or every 10 mins for the rat

34
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What is punishment

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An unpleasant consequence following a behaviour

35
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What are the 2 types of approaches

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  • Biological

- Psychological

36
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What are the 2 biological approaches

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  • Biological approach

- evolutionary approach

37
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What are the 5 psychological approaches

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  • Cognitive approach
  • Behavioral approach
  • social learning approach
  • Psychodynamic approach
  • Humanistic approach
38
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What types of psychologists used the biological approach

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Biological or physiological psychologists

39
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What do the scientists that use the biological approach believe

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In order to describe and explain human behaviour and experience we need to look at human biology

40
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What does the evolutionary approach explain

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behaviours can be explained by using natural selection

41
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What is operant conditioning

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Learning through reinforcement or punishment

42
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Give an example of operant conditioning (rat)

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Rat was put into a cage with a lever and whenever the lever was pressed by the rat food came out, rat learned that lever was source of food an continued to press it

43
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What are the 5 components of the social learning theory

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  • Modelling
  • Imitation
  • Identification
  • Vicarious reinforcement
44
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What is modelling

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When you learn a behaviour by observing another individual performing that behaviour

45
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What is imitation

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The action of using someone else as a model and copying their behaviour

46
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What is Identification

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When you adopt an attitude or behaviour to be associated with a certain group or person

47
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What is vicarious reinforcement

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Learning through observing someone else being reinforced for that behaviour

48
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What is mediational processes

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internal mental processes that exist between environmental stimuli and the response made

49
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What are the 2 types of models

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  • Live

- Symbolic

50
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What is a live model example

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  • parent
  • teacher
  • member of a peer group
51
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What is a symbolic model example

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A character on TV

52
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When can imitation occur quicker

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When their is a model provided

53
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What are the 3 key determinants of whether a behaviour is imitated

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  • characteristics of a model
  • observers perceived ability to perform that behaviour
  • the observed consequences of the behaviour
54
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What must happen in order for a person to feel like they can identify with that model

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  • that he or she is similar to them

- that they’d experience the same outcomes as them in that situation

55
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Who are children more likely to identify with

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models who are the same sex as them

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