the decline and return of consciousness theory

Question 1

educational psychology (Edward Thorndike)

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the study of how people learn, including teaching methods, instructional processes, and individual differences in learning.

Question 2

industrial psychology (Hugo Münsterberg)

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the applied organizational psychology used to study, analyze and understand human behavior in the workplace, mainly how business works and how employees function.

Question 3

forensic psychology (Hugo Münsterberg)

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the study combines psychology and law and it started by examining the reliability of eyewitness accounts or false confessions.

Question 4

Freud consciousness

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• Superego, partly conscious
• Ego, partly conscious
• Id, unconscious
  Ego and Superego control the Id, frustrations of the Id are said to be a possible cause of mental disorders.

Question 5

classical conditioning (Pavlov)

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a response-eliciting stimulus is repeatedly presented together with a second stimulus.

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operant conditioning (Thorndike)

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a behavior is repeated depending on its consequences: either through reinforcement or though punishment. trial and error.

Question 7

law of effect

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reinforced behavior is repeated whereas punished behavior is not. implemented in the basal ganglia.

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continuity hypothesis

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the idea that learning principles apply to both animals and humans. emotional conditioning occurs not only in animals but in humans as well.

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hypothetico-deductive method

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deriving predictions by means of mathemetics from theoretical hypotheses.

Question 10

classical conditioning of emotions

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mediated in the amygdala

Question 11

mindfulness

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scientific evidence suggests mindfulness to be beneficial in treating mental health symptoms and disorders. learning to focus you attention on experiences in the present moment and to accept what comes to consciousness.

Question 12

subliminal

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if the stimulus is weak and the attention is weak or strong

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pre-conscious

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if the stimulus is strong and the attention is weak

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conscious

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is the stimulus strength is strong and the attention is strong too.

Question 15

consciousness (uses)

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when using knowledge, avoid biases, communication, making mistakes an correction

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consciousness (disadvantages)

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time and energy consuming, restricted to working memory capacities, limited focus (no multitasking)

Question 17

unconsciousness (uses)

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automatic behavior is needed, more capacity (multitasking), requires less energy and time

Question 18

unconsciousness (disadvantages)

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not ideal for dangerous situations, mistakes and correction, stereotypes, inflexible, when knowledge is needed.