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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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Who is the father of psychology?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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How did Wundt make psychology a science?

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He dedicated a laboratory for it and conducted research

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What was psychology’s first theoretical approach?

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Structuralism

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4
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Who coined structuralism?

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Edward Tichener

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What is structuralism?

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Looks at the mind’s different structures of consciousness through individual parts

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How does structuralism study the mind?

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Introspection

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What is introspection?

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Examination of one’s own conscious thoughts

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Why is introspection difficult?

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Most people can’t actively focus on more than one thing at a time

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Who was the first American to earn a PhD in psychology in the US?

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Stanley Hall

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Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association?

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Stanley Hall

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Who opened the first psychology laboratory in the US?

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Stanley Hall

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What is Gestalt psychology?

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Believes we cannot simply separate our conscious and perception into different parts; we need to look at it as a whole experience

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Who wrote the first psychology textbook?

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William James

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Who created functionalism?

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William James

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What is functionalism?

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Seeks to understand how mental and behavioral processes operate

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What is the evolutionary approach?

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Looks at how different traits are adaptations that have come from natural selection

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What is natural selection?

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The idea that traits that are superior in helping an organism survive will be passed on to the next generations

18
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Who was the first woman president of the American Psychological Association?

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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Who was the recipient of the first female psychology PhD?

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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What is the psychodynamic approach?

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Focuses on the unconscious

21
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What is free association?

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When a word or image triggers another idea, word, or picture inside our head

22
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What is one major criticism of the psychodynamic approach?

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Seeked to study something that is hidden and cannot be objectively studied

23
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What is behaviorism?

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Believes psychology should be an objective science that focuses on studying observable behaviors without referencing the mental processes

24
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Who was regarded as the official founder of behaviorism?

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John B. Watson

25
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What is the sociocultural approach?

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Analyzes a person’s experiences and influences in life to better understand how culture shapes us as individuals

26
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What is the criticism of the sociocultural approach?

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It’s difficult to study culture itself

27
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What is humanistic psychology?

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Emphasized our potential as humans to grow as individuals

28
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What is the cognitive approach?

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Focuses on how we as individuals interpret, process, and remember information

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What is the biological approach?

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Seeks to understand the links between our biological and psychological processes

30
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What is the biopsychosocial approach?

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Looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors impact our health

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