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1
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what is the relation between brain and mind

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materialism and dualism

2
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what is materialism

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monism): brain=mind (brain is mind and mind is brain)

3
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what is dualism

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Brain does not = mind (how can they interact?)

4
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what is epiphenomenalism

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brain gives rise to mind, but mind cannot influence brain

5
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what is interactionalism

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mind can influence matter (eg brain) and vis versa

6
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What is the composition of the mind

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2 minds (eg. left vs right hemisphere mind)? Three? More?

7
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who is william james

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A founder of modern psychology

8
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who is Francis Bacon

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came up with scientific method

9
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what is the scientific method

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make observation
ask how or why 
form hypothesis to answer question
use hypothesis for prediction
run experiment to test prediction
analyse outcomes
report results
if hypothesis is confirmed, go to steps 1 and 2
if hypothesis is denied, form new hypothesis
10
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what are the 2 sub-diciplines of psychology

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basic and applied

11
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what is under the branch of basic psychology

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physiological psychology
experimental/general psychology
cognitive
developmental
social
personality
mathematical
12
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what is physiological psychology

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— genetic factors on behaviour; role of nervous yet and endocrinological system in control of behaviour

13
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what is experimental/general psychology

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— sensation, perception, learning, memory, conditioning, motivation, emotion

14
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what is cognitive psychology

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— memory, reasoning, language, problem solving, decision making, creativity

15
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what is developmental psychology

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— human development across lifespan (childhood, adolescent, adulthood, old age)

16
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what is social psychology

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— interpersonal behaviour, social forces controlling behaviour, group behaviour

17
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what is personality psychology

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— factors shaping and underpinning consistency in individual’s behaviour, methods to assess personality

18
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what is mathematical psychology

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mathematical modelling of psychological phenomena statistics

19
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what is under applied psychology

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educational—
health—
clinical—
forensic— 
military—
20
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what is educational psychology

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how people learn and methods of teaching, various components of the educational process

21
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what is health psychology

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factors that promote and maintain physical health and the causation, prevention and treatment of illnesses

22
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what is clinical psychology

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psychological aspects of work, management, companies

23
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what is forensic psychology

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psychological aspects of legal maters (criminal and civil law)

24
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what is military psychology

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research and practice of psychological principles within a military environment (war strategy, intelligence, organizational aspects, etc)