Lecture 1 Flashcards
Define psychology
The scientific study of the mind and body
Behavior
Observable actions
Who was HM (Henry Molisn)
Had his hypocampus taken out and he could not form new memories, he had anterograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Unable to form new memories
Retrograde amnesia
Can’t remember previous things but can form new memories
Plato came up with
Nativism
Nativism
The idea that we are born with a certain amount of knowledge
Aristotle came up with
Tabula rasa (blank slate)
Empiricism
Empiricism
All knowledge that we gain comes through experiences
Franz Joseph Gall came up with…
Phrenology
Phrenology
the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities
Who was Paul Broca
He had significant damage to Brockas area and could not speak very well
What does Broca’s area do
Allows speech
What did Herman von Helmholtz do
studied physiology, stimulus and reaction time
What did Wilhelm Wundt do
Founded the first psychological laboratory
Studied consciousness and structuralism
What is structuralism
focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components. Researchers tried to understand the basic elements of consciousness using a method known as introspection
What is introspection
The subjective observation of one’s own experience
what did William James do
applied scientific approach to psychology, use functionalism
What is functionalism?
all of our mental processes serves a function to help us survive
Who was jean-marie Charcot and Pierre Janet?
hysteria
a temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, ususally as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences (multiple conscious selves)
who was Sigmund Freud?
used psychoanalytic techniques such as psychoanalysis, came up with the unconscious
unconscious
the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behavior and emotions
