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Unit 1- the Evolution Of Psychology Flashcards

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Logos means

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To study

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Psych means

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The soul

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Who was the father of psychology

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Willian Wundt

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Who created the first American psychology lab?

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G. Stanley Hall

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Who was the APA president?

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Margaret whiton calkins

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First female with a phD in psychology

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Margaret Floyd Washburn

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Structuralism

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Breaking down mental processes to the smallest component with introspection

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Introspection

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Self report

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Functionalism

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Consciousness

Describes the purpose

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Who was a famous functionalist

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William James

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What was functionalism influenced by

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Natural selection

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Gestalt psychology

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The whole is greater than the sum of the parts

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Sigmund freuds concept

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People are not in control of their own minds

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Who believed that people’s actions came from how they coped with their sexual urges

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Segmund freud

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Behaviorists

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John b Watson

Sigmund Freud

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Who believed that organisms tend to repeat actions that give them a positive feeling

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BF skinner

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Humanism

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Emphasizes quality of human potential

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Humanists

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Abraham Maslow

Carl Rogers

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Applied psych

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Deals with problems

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What war lead to the increase of psychologists

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Ww2

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Between subjects design

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2 groups. Control and experimental

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Within subjects design

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One group.

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Naturalistic observation

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Non interactive observation

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Case study

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In depth investigation into an individual subject

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Pros of naturalistic

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Less artificial

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Cons

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Reactivity issues

Doesn’t translate to numbers

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Pros of case study

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Suits studying phenomena

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Cons of case study

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Highly subjective

Doesn’t represent general population

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Pros of surveys

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Easy

Large scale

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Cons of surveys

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Depends on self report

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What percentage does psych make up doctorate degrees

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How many research areas

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Developmental psych

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Looks at human development

Primarily child development

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Social psych

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Interpersonal behavior

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Educational psych

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How people learn

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Health psych

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How psych favors relate to maintenance of physical health

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Physiological psych

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Genetic factors

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Experimental psych

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Traditional core topics

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Cognitive psych

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Focuses on higher mental process.

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Psychometrics

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Concerned with measurement of behavior and capacities. Through tests

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Personality

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Interested in understanding and describing individuals consistency I’m behavior

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7 themes of psych

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Empirical ism- knowing should be acquired through observing
Theoretically diverse
Evolves in a sociohistorical context
Behavior is determined by multiple courses
Culture shales behavior
Heredity and environment influence behavior

People’s experience of the world is highly subjective

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Social desirability bias

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Giving socially accepted answers

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Halo

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Overall evaluation spills into ratings

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Variability

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How much the scores in a data set vary

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Standard deviation

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Index of the amount of variability in a set of data

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Correlation coefficient

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Number index of the degree of relationship between two variables

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Animal research questions

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Must be clear purpose
Answer important question 
Best suited animals
Cared for
Acquired legally
Employ least amount of suffering
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Human research questions

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No forcing to volunteer
Informed consent
Anonymity or confidentiality
Risk
Debriefing

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