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What are the three parts of a Scientific Attitude

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  1. curiosity
  2. skepticism
  3. humility
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What is critical thinking

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examines assumption, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and accesses conclusion

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What did Aristotle belileve/think

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knowledge is preexisting and grows from experiences stored in our memory

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who is Francis Bacon

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one of the founders of modern science

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what did john Locke think

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the mind is a blank slate and experiences write on the slate

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what is the importance of Wilhelm Wundt

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he created the first psychological laboratory in dec. 1897

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who found structuralism

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Edward Titchener

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what is structuralism

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uses introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind

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what it introspection

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attempting to observe one’s own psychological process

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what is subjective

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how you respond/react

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who is the founder of functionalism

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promoted by William James and influenced by Charles Darwin

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what is functionalism

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how mental and behavioral processes enable organisms to adapt to their environment

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who was the first female president of the APA

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Mary whiton calkins

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who are the first woman to officially have a psych Ph.D

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Margaret Washburn

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who was the founder of behaviorism

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John watson and later b.f skinner

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what is behaviorism

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the study of behavior without reference to mental processes

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what is psychoanalysis

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believed the unconscious mind and childhood experiences affect behavior

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who was the founder of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud

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what is humanistic psych

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rejected behaviorists and Freudian beliefs believed it was too limiting, and focused more on our potential growth

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cognitive psych

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the study of mental processes

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psychology

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the science of behavior and mental processes

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what is evolutionary psych

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study of evolution in behavior and mind

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nature v nurture

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nature is your genetics and how you were born while nurture is your experiences, environment

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biopsychosocial approach

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  1. biological influences
  2. psychologival influences
  3. social-cultural influences

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