Psychology Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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Define psychology
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The systematic study of behaviour and mental process including perception, cognition and emotion.
2
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Define overt
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Actions that are observable and visible to others
3
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Define covert
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Actions that are hidden and represented internally
4
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Define cognition
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The process of thinking, or mentally processing info
5
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Define emotion
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A feeling
6
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Rene Descartes
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Questioned if anything existed with certainty
7
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William James
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Theory on the stream of consciousness
8
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Immanuel Kant
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Accounting differences individuals
9
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Contribution to the study of psychology
10
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Research into memory
