Unit 1a: Intro to Psychology

Question 1

Psychology

Answer 1

The science of behavior and mental process

Question 2

Ancient Psychology

Answer 2

Archeologists have found evidence of stone age human carvings and holes in skulls to release spirits/evil

Question 3

Socrates

Answer 3

Believed that the body and mind were separated and that the minds continued after the body dies

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Plato

Answer 4

Socrates student, had the same beliefs/idealogies

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Aristotle

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Suggested that the soul and body are connected and that the mind grows from experience

Question 6

Empiricism

Answer 6

Knowledge coming from experiences

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John Locke

Answer 7

Held the idea that the mind was a blank slate and experiences grew the mind

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MONism

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Body and mind are connected, they act as one (mono)

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DUALism

Answer 9

Body and minds are separate (dual)

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Rene Descartes

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Believes in dualism but wondered how the mind and body communicated

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STRUCTURalism

Answer 11

Used to study the structure of the brain

Question 12

Wilhelm Wundt

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The father of experimental psychology. Measured perceptual processing.
Ex. Time it takes to hit a button after hearing a bell

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Edward B Titchener

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Wundt’s student. Introduced structuralism

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Introspection

Answer 14

Looking inward. To record elements of an experience as they happen

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FUNCTIONalism

Answer 15

Studied behavior and emotions and not the unconscious

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William James

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Influenced by Darwin, studied behavior, wrote “Principles of Psychology”

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Gestalt

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Viewing the world in “the bigger picture”, used today to describe how sense is percieved

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Max Wertheimer

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Founded Gestalt

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Wolfgang Köhler

Answer 19

Main assistant and research partner to Wertheimer

Question 20

Kurt Koffka

Answer 20

Main assistant and research partner to Wertheimer

Question 21

Psychoanalysis

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Study of the unconscious and dreams

Question 22

Behavioral Psychology

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Study of behaviors and responses

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Biological Psychology

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Study of how the brain works through emotions and experiences

Question 24

Evolutionary Psychology

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Study of natural selection and how traits are passed through generations

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Humanistic Psychology

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Study of how we can be the best version of ourselves

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Cognitive Psychology

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Study of how we process and store memories

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Socio-cultural Psychology

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Study of how we change depending on the situation or group

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Basic Research

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Studies psychology and expands the knowledge base of the field

Question 29

Applied Research

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Applies principles of the basic research to specified fields

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Industrial/Organizational Psychologist

Answer 30

Study and advise on behavior in the work place

Question 31

Clinical Psychologist

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Study assess and treat people with psychological disorders

Question 32

Psychiatry

Answer 32

A branch of MEDICINE dealing with psychological disorders