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Prologue Vocab Flashcards

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Socrates

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(469-399 B.C.) philosopher-teacher; believed the mind is separate from the body, knowledge is innate
*derived principles from logic

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Psychology

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The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes

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Plato

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(428-348 B.C.) Socrates’ student

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Aristotle

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(384-322 B.C.) believed the souls not separable from the body and knowledge is not pre-existing but grows from experiences stores in our memories
*derived from observation

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Rene Descartes

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(1595-1650) “Father of Modern Psychology”
believed abnormal behaviour was caused by abnormalities in the brain instead of supernatural causes
mind and body are distinct and separable

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Francis Bacon

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(1561-1626) introduced the scientific method

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John Locke

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(1632-1704) adapted the theory of tabula rosa– humans are born as a blank slate
formed empiricism

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Empiricism

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The view that knowledge comes from experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Created the first lab in Leipzig, Germany

Worked with two men to measure reaction time

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Structuralism

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An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind

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Edward Titchener

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Wundt’s student

Trained people to report elements of their experience

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Introspection

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Looking inward

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Functionalism

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A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioural processes function– how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

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William James

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Philosopher-psychologist who considered evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings
Wrote Principles of Psychology

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Mary Calkins

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Taught by William James
Out scored male students
Harvard refused to give her the Ph.D. she deserved
Memory researcher

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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First female to get a psychology Ph.D.
Wrote The Animal Mind
American Psychological Association’s 2nd female president

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Humanistic psychology

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Historically significant perspective that emphasised the growth potential of healthy people; used personalised methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth

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Nature-nurture issue

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The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviours

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Natural selection

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The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to the reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

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Levels of analysis

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The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to socio-cultural, for analysing any given phenomenon

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Evolutionary perspective

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How the natural selection of traits promotes the perpetuation of one’s genes

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Behaviour genetics perspective

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How much our genes and our environment influence our individual differences

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Neuroscience perspective

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How the body and brain enable emotion, memories, and sensory experiences

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Psychodynamic perspective

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How behaviour springs for unconscious drives and conflicts

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Behavioural perspective

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How we learn observable responses

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Cognitive perspective

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How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

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Socio-cultural perspective

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How behaviour and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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Basic research

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Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

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Applied research

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Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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Biological psychologists

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Exploring the links between brain and mind

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Developmental psychologists

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Studying our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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Cognitive psychologists

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Experimenting with how we perceive, think, and solve problems

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Personality psychologists

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Investigating our persistent traits

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Social psychologists

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Exploring how we view and affect one another

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Counselling psychology

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A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being

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Clinical psychology

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A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders

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Psychiatry

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A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy

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