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Midterm Flashcards

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Psychology is about:

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Watching people scientifically, gaining self-insight, applying the findings

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Break down the word ‘psychology’

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(Psyche= soul) + (logos=the word)= a word about the soul

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Define secular psychology

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the scientific study of the mind mental processes (internal) and behavior (external)

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4
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Define empirical

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Observable, repeatable

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5
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Theme 1

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Empirically based, test and observe patterns

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Theme 2

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Behavior is multi-behavior (Nature v. nurture)

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Theme 3

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Theoretically very diverse

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Theme 4

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Experience of the word is highly subjective. Very influenced by culture and background.

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Name the 5 Basic Biblical Presuppositions

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  1. Humans are relational,
  2. Humans are broken, in need of redemption,
  3. Humans are embodied
  4. Limited Agents
  5. Meaning Seekers
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10
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Separate but Equal

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religion answers questions of eternity, science answers of temporal. Religion doesn’t govern here and now

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Tossed salad

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Take the best of both and mix it together

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12
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Nothing Buttery

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All we need is the bible. #ScienceDoesn’tRule

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Revealed Truth vs. Discovered Truth

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Revealed truth: word of God, the fullness of Christ

Discovered: Math, psychology

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Describe the psychology between individual and group behavior

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Psychology can be very useful in predicting the behavior of a group, but less accurate when it comes to predicting the behavior of an individual

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Is science descriptive or prescriptive? (Define both)

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Science is descriptive (describes how things are), not prescriptive (telling how things ought to be)

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Secular vs. Christian Experience

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Secular: Experience is the sole source of knowledge,
Christian: Experience is a source of knowledge which can be misinterpreted and measured by revealed truth

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How do observations lead to descriptions

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Case studies, surveys, naturalistic observation

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How does correlation lead to a prediction

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A relationship between two variables; doesn’t always prove causation

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Experimentation

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It discerns cause and effect

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20
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Why do we have these bodies

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For relationship

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21
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Monism

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All behavior is ultimately determined by our genetics and our brain function. We are only physical matter.

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Dualism

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There are at least two aspects of our nature (body and our soul/mind)

23
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Define Body

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(Soma)- the entire material or physical structure of a human being

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Define soul

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(psyche)- the soul consists of the mind, the will and the emotions

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Define spirit

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(pneuma)- the dispensation of influence which fills and governs

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Sensing

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The bottom-up process by which our senses receive and relay outside stimuli

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Types of sensing

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5 sense, waves senses, chemical and neutral

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Absolute Threshold

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The minimum stimulation needed to register a particular stimulus (50% of the time)

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Difference Threshold

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the point at which you can tell the difference between stimuli

30
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Signal Detection Theory

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a model for predicting how and when a person will detect weak stimuli, based on context

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Sensory Adaptation

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We adjust to regular or constant sensory inputs

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Sensory interaction

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One sense can influence the other

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Perception

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The top-down way our brain organizes and interprets the information and puts it into context

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Figure Ground Relationship

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The organization of the visual/ audible filed into objects (signal) that stand out from their surroundings (noise)

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Rules of Grouping

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Proximity, continuity, closure, and similarity

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Attention

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The process of limiting what information receives detailed mental activity

37
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Consciousness

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Our awareness of ourselves and our environment. Wakefulness + awaremess= consciousness

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Dual Processing

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The principle that information is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and nonconscious tracks

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Selective Attention

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The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus or group stimuli

40
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Infradian

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Occurs less than once a day

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Circadian

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Occurs approximately every 24 hours

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Ultradian

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Occurs more frequently than every 24 hours

43
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Benefits of sleep

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recuperation, growth, mental function

44
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Behaviorism

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an empirically rigorous science focused on observable behaviors and unobservable internal mental processes.

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Learning

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the process of acquiring through experience now and relatively enduring information or behaviors

46
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Assocition

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When a subject links certain events, behavior, stimuli together in the process of conditioning

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Classical conditioning

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a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli in anticipated events

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Operant Conditioning

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a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforced or diminished if followed by a punisher

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Postive Reinforcement

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a stimulus that when presented after a response, strengthens the response

50
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Negative Reinforcement

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any stimulus that when removed after a response, strengthens the response

51
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Extinction

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the loss of the conditioned response

52
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Partial reinforcement

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reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance

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Cognition

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our thoughts, perspective and expectation

54
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Do physical changes create personality changes

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Ye

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