Science Of Psychology Flashcards

(30 cards)

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What did Descartes believe in?

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Dualism

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2
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Define dualism

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The separation of the mind and the body

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3
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What is the question of the brain in the vat?

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Can we simulate life?

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4
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What does the Malevolent demon question?

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How do we know what we experience is real?

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5
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Who was involved in structuralism

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Wundt

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6
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What methods did Wundt use?

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Introspection

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7
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What is structuralism?

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The idea that the brain functions in separate component parts.

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8
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Who was associated with functionalism

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James

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9
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What is the idea surrounding functionalism?

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Organisms functions allow us to predict and understand behaviour

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10
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What approach is associated with the black box?

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Behaviourism

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11
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What does operant conditioning involve

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Reinforcement through rewards and punishments

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What does classical conditioning involve

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Association of unconditioned and conditioned stimulus to creat a conditioned response

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13
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What names are involved in behaviourism

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Pavlov
Skinner
Watson

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14
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What two approaches often collide due to subjective and bias views

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Structuralism and behaviourism

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15
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Who is associated with Early memory research (cognition)

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Ebbinghaus

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16
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What does cognitive psychology attempt to uncover that other approaches fail to?

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‘The black box’

17
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What is cognitive psychology influence by?

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Structuralism and functionalism

18
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Who created the hierarchy of needs

19
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What is in maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

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Psychological needs
Safety and security
Love and belonging
Self esteem
Self actualisation

20
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What therapy did rogers develop

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Client centred therapy

21
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What is the key idea of the psychodynamic approach

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The unconscious mind includes motivating forces that guide our behaviour and produce our personality.

22
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What are the parts of the tripartite personality

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ID, Ego, Superego

23
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Who were key individuals in the beginning of the biological approach

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Broca and Wernicke

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What are the key ideas around the biological approach

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All behaviour and mental processes can be traced to physical causes

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What scientific approach involved the cognitive approach and the biological approach?
Cognitive neuroscience
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Who was involved in evolutionary psychology?
Darwin Dawkins Wilson
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What are the main ideas around evolutionary psychology?
Our behaviour is determined by our genes.
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What does evolutionary psychology say our main reason for existence is?
To reproduce out genes
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What are the three things required for evolution to work
A self replicating unit Some random variability in its replication Pressure to select on that variability sociobiology applies these ideas to human behaviour and psychology
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Why is evolutionary psychology controversial
Due to the idea of sexual selection