Concepts in Psychology

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Decks in this class (36)

Types of research
The setting of the research would...,
What is a field study 2,
What is a laboratory study 3
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Origins part 1
What is philosophy 1,
Who is plato 2,
Plato s philopsophy realm of eter...
14  cards
The Scientific Revolution & Key Figures
What was the shift in scientific ...,
Why was copernicus hesitant to pu...,
How did galileo contribute to the...
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Scientific Methods and Principles
How did leonardo da vinci contrib...,
What limitations existed in leona...,
What is francis bacon known for i...
6  cards
The Problem of Induction
What is the problem of induction ...,
What famous example illustrates t...,
How did william jevons address th...
4  cards
Factors that Enabled the Scientific Revolution
What factors allowed the scientif...,
What risks could have stopped the...,
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Scientific Principles of the 19th Century
What did william jevons contribut...,
What was jevons view on scientifi...
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Individualisation and Western Society
What factors contributed to the i...,
What inventions in the 1700 1900 ...,
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Philosophy of the Mind
What is metaphysics 1,
What is ontology 2,
What is epistemology 3
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Psychological Methods
What is introspection in psycholo...,
What did kant criticize about int...,
What was comte s critique of intr...
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Key Figures in Philosophy and Psychology
Who were the main proponents of r...,
What did the book anthropologie i...,
Who was johann friedrich herbart ...
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Psychophysics
What is psychophysics 1,
What is weber s law 2,
What was fechner s contribution t...
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Experimental Psychology and Reaction Time
Who is considered the father of e...,
What is mental chronometry 2,
What did franciscus donders contr...
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Statistics and Research Methods
How did ronald fisher contribute ...,
What is the personal equation in ...,
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University Reform in Germany
What led to the reform of german ...,
How did the university reforms im...
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Wilhelm Wundt
Who is wilhelm wundt and what is ...,
What methods did wundt use in his...,
What is introspection and why was...
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William James and Functionalism
What is functionalism and who is ...,
What is the focus of functionalis...,
How did william james contribute ...
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Edward Titchener and Structuralism
What is structuralism and who is ...,
Why did structuralism have limite...
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Gestalt Psychology
What does gestalt psychology emph...,
How did gestalt psychologists use...
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Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
What is psychoanalysis and who de...,
What was revolutionary about freu...,
How did freud develop his theory 3
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John Watson and Behaviorism
What is behaviorism and who is a ...,
How does behaviorism differ from ...,
What is the behaviorist stimulus ...
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The Rise of Behaviorism and Animal Research
What led to the rise of behaviori...,
How did animal behavior research ...,
What was thorndike s contribution...
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Ivan Pavlov's Classical Conditioning
What is the process of classical ...
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John Watson and Behaviorism
What was john watson s view on ps...,
What is the basic idea behind beh...,
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Little Albert Experiment
What is the little albert experim...
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Radical Behaviorism
What does radical behaviorism deny 1,
What is the basic stimulus respon...,
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Experimental Variables in Behaviorism
How are independent and dependent...,
What does the concept of verifica...
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The Cognitive Revolution
What is the cognitive revolution 1,
What are the big five schools of ...
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The 'Big Five' Simplified
How does the thesis antithesis sy...
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The Emergence of Cognitive Psychology
What was george miller s contribu...,
What is the significance of neiss...
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Features of Cognitive Psychology
What are the key features of cogn...,
What is mental representation in ...
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Information Processing in Cognitive Psychology
What is information processing in...,
What are the two primary models u...
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Box-and-Arrow Plots
What do box and arrow plots repre...
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Computational Models
What are computational models in ...
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Top-Down Processes
What are top down processes in co...
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Experimental Tests of Models
How are models tested in cognitiv...
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