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Test #1 Flashcards

1
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Def of Psychology

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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2
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Who found Structuralism

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Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)

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Structuralism

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How the mind is structured
Beginning of psychology as a scientific discipline
First experimental lab devoted to psychology

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Introspection

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Technique used to uncover the structure of the mind

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Functionalism

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The minds “stream of consciousness”

What the mind does and how it effects behavior

The thoughts that are going through your mind right now

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6
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Who found Functionalism

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William James (1842-1910)

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Gestalt Psychology

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To understand consciousness
Must study the whole, not just the parts

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Biological/Neuro perspective

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Views behavior from the perspective of the brain, nervous system, and other biological functions

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Behaviorism

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Behavior, Learning, Conditioning

Watson and Skinner

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Psychodynamic

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Behavior is influenced by the unconscious
Aggression and sexual impulses

Sigmund Freud

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Humanistic

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Free will and self-actual action

Maslow and Rogers

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Cognitive Psychology

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Thinking, Memory, and Intelligence

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Evolutionary

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Survival, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Reproduction

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Sociocultural

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Culture

Differences:
between ethnic and cultural groups
Within and across countries

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Scientific Method

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Observation
Formulate a question
Generate a testable prediction
Data
Conclusions

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Biological/Neuro involves

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Nervous system, neurons, and neurotransmitters

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Central Nervous System involves

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system

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Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Helps prepare for stressful situations

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Helps calm you down after stressful situations

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21
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Function of Neurons

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Have the ability to communicate with other cells

Transmits info across long distances

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Structure of Neurons

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Dendrites
Axon
Axon terminals
Synapse

23
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Dendrites

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Receives messages from other neurons

Have tree like fibers

24
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Axon

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Transmits information

25
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Axon terminals

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Send the message to other neurons

26
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Synapse

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Small gap between neurons

27
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What does Dopamine do?

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Pleasure, motivation, arousal, reward, and cognition

Cocaine stimulates dopamine and gives people a high

28
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Dopamine

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Voluntary movement
Reward anticipation
Stimulant drugs; activate dopamine receptors

Parkinson’s meds: lower dopamine levels
Schizophrenia meds: higher dopamine levels

29
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Serotonin

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Contributes to feelings of well being and happiness

Regulates sleep

30
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What if there isn’t enough serotonin in your system

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It can lead to anxiety and depression

31
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Def of Development

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Pattern of movement or change

Begins at conception and continues through the human life span

32
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Prenatal Development

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Conception : union of egg and sperm
Embryo
Fetus

33
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Who found the different parenting styles

A

Baumrinds?

34
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Authoritative parenting

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Rules are explained, Friar limits, parents encourage independence

Positive

35
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Authoritarian Parenting

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Strict rules with little discussion of reason why
Punitive
Controlling

Negative

36
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Permissive parenting

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Parents are involves, few limits
No rules or structure

Negative

37
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Uninvolved parenting

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Parents are not around
Neglectful

Negative

38
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Who found moral development

A

Kohlberg

39
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Moral development

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Presented moral dilemmas and responses

40
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Preconventional

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Behavior guided by punishments and rewards

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Conventional

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Standards learned from parents and society

42
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Postconventional

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Internal understanding

43
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Cognitive Development

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Children develop schemas
concepts that organize info

44
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Assimilation

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Incorporate new info existing schemas

45
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Accommodation

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Adjust schemas to new info

46
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Who founded cognitive development

A

Jean Piaget

47
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Perception

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Organizing and interpreting signals

48
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Sensation

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Receive signals from the environment

49
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Absolute Threshold

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Minimum amount of energy an organism can detect %50 of the time

50
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Difference threshold

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How much stimulus change is necessary for detection

51
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Webers Law

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To be perceived as different
2 stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage

52
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Top down process

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Initiated by cognitive processing

Internal/mental worlds influence on perception
prior understanding

53
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Bottom up process

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Outside world influence on perception

54
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Subliminal perception

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Influence of info below the level of conscious awareness

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