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Unit 1 Flashcards

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Mind

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Refers to thoughts and feelings

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Psychology

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The study of the mind and behavior

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Behavior

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Refers to actions and reactions of human beings and other animals

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Psychologist

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An expert in psychology

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Psychological assessment

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Method which helps psychologists learn about people and their problems

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Psychotherapy

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Method psychologists use that involves talking with patients to help them solve their problems

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Clinical psychology

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Deals with mental, emotional, and behavioral problems

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Counseling psychology

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Sub field of psychology that deals with less serious problems than clinical psychologists

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Social psychology

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Discovering how people think, feel, and behave in social situations

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Experimental psychology

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Using experimental methods to investigate psychological issues

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School psychology

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Helping students succeed in school

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Developmental psychology

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Determining what changes occur as people grow older

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Applied psychologists

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Apply their knowledge of psychology to problems in other areas

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Forensic psychology

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Psychology applied to legal issues

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Sports psychology

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Knowledge of psychology used to help athletes improve their performance

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Community psychology

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Deals with mental health and social welfare issues within the community setting

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Industrial/organizational psychology

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How industries and organizations impact and interact with individuals

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Human factors psychology

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How mental processes affect the use of tools and machines

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Health psychology

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How thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect health and illness

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Psychiatrist

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An expert in the human mind and behavior with a doctoral degree in medicine

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Wilhelm Wundt

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A German who founded the first psychology laboratory in 1879

Father of psychology

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Consciousness or Structuralism

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Thoughts and feelings that a person is aware of

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Introspection

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Involves looking inward and identifying conscious feelings and mental images

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Functionalism

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How mental processes help people function and adapt to their environment

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Alfred Binet

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A French man who created the first intelligence test to identify students that needed extra help in school

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Gestalt psychology

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Unlike structuralist, they believed that consciousness couldn’t be broken down into individual elements

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Perception

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Organizing and interpreting information from the senses

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Sigmund Freud

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The first person to use psychology to treat patients

He tried to find the cause of the patient’s emotional problems by learning about their unconscious mind

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Unconscious mind

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Thoughts and feelings that a person is not aware of

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Id

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All the instinctive drives to seek pleasure and avoid pain that are present from birth

Completely unconscious

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Super – ego

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The Conscience, which tells the ego not to break moral and social rules

Both conscious and unconscious

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Ego

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The ally, or self, which tries to resolve conflicts between the Id and super – ego

Completely conscious

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Psychoanalysis

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Freud’s treatment used to try and learn about each patient’s unconscious mind mainly by talking in-depth with them about events in their early life

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Humanism

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An approach to psychology that began in the 1950s

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Abraham Maslow

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One of the founders of humanism

He believed that humans are basically good in try to achieve positive goals

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Biological psychology

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The study of the biology underlying mental processes and behaviors

What happens in the brain when people form memories?

Why does brain damage affect people’s emotions?

Is aggression learned or controlled by genes

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Cognitive psychology

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The scientific study of cognition

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Cognition

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Mental processes, such as reasoning and remembering

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Behavioral psychology

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The scientific study of behavior

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Stimulus

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Anything that triggers a behavior

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Response

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The behavior that results when a stimulus occurs

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Cultural psychology

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Focuses on the ways that culture influences thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

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Culture

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All The Learned knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors that people share with other members of their society

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Humanistic psychology

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Focuses on the uniqueness of human beings

Human beings have unique needs, such as the need to be creative

Human beings are influenced by unique factors, such as values

Human beings try to find meaning in life

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Psychodynamic psychology

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The study of how the human mind and behavior are affected by unconscious truck

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