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1.1-1.8 Flashcards

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It is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Psychology

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It is the outward or covert actions and reaction

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Behavior

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It is the internal or overt activity of our minds

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Mental Processes

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Psyche

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mind

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5
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Logos

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study

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6
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it is a branch of philosophy

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psychology

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7
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It prevents possible biases from leading to faulty observations

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Psychology is a Science

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8
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Psychology’s Four Goals

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Description, Explanation, Prediction, Control

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Description

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What is happening?

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Explanation

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Why is it happening?

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Prediction

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Will it happen again?

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12
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Control

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How can it be changed?

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13
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General explanation of a set of observations or facts

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Theory

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14
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Focused on the structure or basic elements of the mind

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Structuralism

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15
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When did structuralism die out?

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1900s

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16
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He established the technique of objective introspection

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Wilhelm Wundt

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It is the process of objectively examining and measuring one’s thoughts and mental activities

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Objective Introspection

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Wilhelm Wundt’s Psychology Laboratory

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Germany in 1879

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19
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He was Wundt’s student who brought structuralism to America

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Edward Titchner

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20
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She is the first woman who received a PHD in Psychology and was a student of Titchner

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Margaret Washburn

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21
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How the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play

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Functionalism

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22
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He proposed Functionalism

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William James

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23
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Functionalism influenced 3 modern fields in psychology:

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Educational, evolutionary, and industrial/organizational psychology

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24
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gestalt “ “ psychology

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“good figure”

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25
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Gestalt psychology started with ___ who studied sensation and perception

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Max Wertheimer

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26
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Gestalt ideas are now part of the study of ____

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Cognitive Psychology

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A field focusing not only on perception but also on learning, memory, thought processes, and problem-solving

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Cognitive Psychology

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28
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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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Gestalt Psychology

29
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The theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalysis

30
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He proposed that there is an unconscious (unaware) mind into which we push, or repress, all of our threatening urges and desires.

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Sigmund Freud

31
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Freud stressed the importance of ____

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early childhood experiences

32
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He is famous for his theories about birth order

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Alfred Alder

33
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He proposed behaviorism

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John B. Watson

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It is the science of behavior that focused on observable behavior only (stimulus response_

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Behaviorism

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In behaviorism things must be directly

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seen and measured

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Behaviorsim is based much on the work of

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Ivan Pavlov

37
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It is the principle of learning

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Classical Conditioning (Conditioned Stimulus)

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It is an unconditioned response

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Unconditioned Stimulus

39
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She as an early pioneer in behavior theraphy

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Mary Cover Jones

40
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More focused on the development of a sense of self and the
discovery of other motivations behind a person’s behavior
than sexual motivations.

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Psychodynamic perspective

41
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studied operant conditioning of voluntary
behavior.

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BF Skinner

42
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Behaviorism became a major force in the twentieth
century.

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Behavioral Perspective

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Owes far more to the early roots of psychology in the field of philosophy.

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Humanistic Perspective

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held the view that people have free will, and the freedom to choose their own destiny.

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Humanist

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Early founders of Humanistic Perspective

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Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers

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achieving one’s full potential or actual self.

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Self-actualization

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Focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem-solving, and learning.

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Cognitive Perspective

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Focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture.

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Sociocultural Perspective

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Attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body, such as genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system.

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Biopsychological Perspective

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Focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share.

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Evolutionary Perspective

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A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.

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Psychiatrist

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Either a psychiatrist or a psychologist who has special training in the theories of Sigmund Freud and his method of psychoanalysis.

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Psychoanalyst

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A social worker with some training in therapy methods who focuses on the environmental conditions that can have an impact on mental disorders, such as poverty, overcrowding, stress, and drug abuse.

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Psychiatric Social Worker

54
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A professional with an academic degree and specialized training in one or more areas of psychology.

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Psychologist

55
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System of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced.

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Scientific Method

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Steps in the Scientific Method:

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Perceive the question.
Form a hypothesis - a tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations.
Test the hypothesis.
Draw conclusions.
Report your results so that others can try to replicate - repeat the study or experiment to see if the same results will be obtained in an effort to demonstrate the reliability of results.

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Watching animals or humans behave in their normal environment.

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Naturalistic observation

58
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the tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are being observed.

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Observer effect

59
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a naturalistic observation in which the observer becomes a participant in the group being observed (to reduce observer effect).

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Participant Observation

60
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  • the tendency of observers to see what they expect to see.
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Observer bias

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people who do not know what the research question is (to reduce observer bias).

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Blind observers

62
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Watching animals or humans behave in a laboratory setting.

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Laboratory observation

63
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Study of one individual in great detail.

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Case Study

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Famous Case Study

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Phineas Gage

65
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Researchers will ask a series of questions about the topic under study.

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Surveys

66
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a randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects

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sample

67
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the entire group of people or animals in which the researcher is interested.

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Population

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