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Unit 1 - Biological Bases Of Behaviors Flashcards

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1
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Promoted functionalism

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William James

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Influenced functionalism, concept of natural selection

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Charles Darwin

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First woman President of the American Psychological Association

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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1st official female psychology P.H.D

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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Dismissed introspection & redefined psychology as “the scientific study of observable behaviors” — creators of behaviorism

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John B. Watson & B.F. Skinner

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Psych should be an objective science that studies behavior w/o reference to mental processes (must agree w/ the first part)

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Behaviorism

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Creator of psychoanalytic psych. How our unconscious mind & child experiences affect our behavior. (Is controversial & has mommy issues)

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Sigmund Freud

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The study of mental processes, when we perceive, learn, remember, think communicate, & solve problems

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Cognitive Pyschology

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The controversy over whether we think & behave the way we we do because of genes or because of experience

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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Survival of the fittest — Charles Darwin

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Natural Selection

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Study of evolution of behavior & the mind, using principles of natural selection

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Evolutionary Psychology

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Study of the relative power & limits of genetic & environmental influences on behavior

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Behavior Genetics

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The behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, & traditions shared by a group of people that is transmitted through generations

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Culture

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Scientific study of human flourishing w/ goals of promoting strength that help individuals & communities to thrive

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Positive Psychology

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Integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints

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Biopsychosocial approach

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Scientific study of observable behavior & its explanation by the principles of learning

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Behavioral Psychology

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Scientific study of the links between biological & psychological processes

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Biological Psychology

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Branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and use that to treat people with disorders

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Psychodynamic Psychology

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The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

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Social-cultural Psychology

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Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than re-reading information

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Testing effect

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A study method incorporating survey, question, read, retrieve, & review

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SQ3R

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Scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

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Psychometrics

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Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

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Basic Research

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A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan.

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Developmental psychology

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Study of how psychological processes affect & can enhance teaching and learning

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Educational Psychology

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Study of individual’s characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting

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Personality Psychology

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Scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Social Psychology

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Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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Applied Research

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The application of psychological concepts and method to optimize human behavior in workplaces

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Industrial Organizational (1/0) Psychology

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Field of psychology allied with I/O psychology that explores how people and machines interact & how environments can be made safe & easy to use

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Human factors psychology

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Branch of psychology that assists people w/ problems in living & in achieving greater well-being

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Counseling psychology

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Branch of psychology that studies, assesses, & treats people w/ psychological disorders

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Clinical psychology

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Branch of medicine dealing with/ psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who are licensed to provide medical treatments & psychological therapy

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Psychiatry

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Branch of psychology that studies how people interact w/ their social environments & how social institutions affect individuals & groups

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Community Psychology

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Russian Psychologist who pioneered the study of learning

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Ivan Pavlov

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Swiss biologist who observed children

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Jean Piaget

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Pioneer who led the way to humane treatment of those w/ psychological disorders

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Dorothea Dix

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Researchers must be willing to be surprised and follow new ideas

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Humility

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Being skeptical but not cynical (mocking), open, but not gullible. Trust the facts.

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Scientific attitude

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How we conduct research, gather data, process information, & describe behaviors

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Scientific inquiry

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Opposite of black/white thinking, examines assumptions, appraises the source, & discerns biases, evaluates evidence, & assesses conclusions.
(Fancy thinking) (Thinking for try-hards)

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Critical thinking

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What we know comes from experience, observation & experimentation enable scientific knowledge. (Knowledge comes from experience)

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Empiricism

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Started the first psychological lab (German).

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Wundt’s student, created first formal psychology lab in the U.S.

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G. Stanley Hall

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Introduced structuralism

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Edward Bradford Titchener

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Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind

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Structuralism

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Looking inward. Ex. I think about how I feel when I smell a cookie, or see a rose.

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Introspection

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Explored how mental & behavioral processes function — how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

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Functionalism

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How our mind processes & retains info

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Cognition

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Long standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes & experience make to development of traits and behaviors

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Nature-nurture issue

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