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1
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Define Psychology:

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Psyche- Soul

Logos- The Word

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Define Christian Psychology:

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Psychology is a word about the soul

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Define Secular Psychology:

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The scientific study of the mind (mental processes) and behavior.

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What are the themes of Secular Psychology:

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  1. Psychology is empirically based.
  2. Our behavior is multi-determined.
  3. Psychology is theoretically diverse.
  4. Our experience of the world is highly subjective.
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What are the five themes of Biblical View of Human Nature?

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  1. Humans are relational persons
  2. Humans are broken, in need of redemption.
  3. Humans are embodied
  4. Humans are responsible limited agents.
  5. Humans are meaning seekers.
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General Principles of Psychology and Christianity:

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  1. Separate but equal
  2. Tossed salad
  3. Nothing Buttery
  4. Revealed Truth & Discovered Truth
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General Principles of the Scientific Method:

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  1. Known Assumptions/ Limitations
  2. Empiricism
  3. Skepticism
  4. Methods
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Define Sensation:

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The bottom-up process by which our senses receive and relay outside stimuli. It is a physical input.

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Define Perception:

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The top-down way our brains organize and interpret that information and put it into context.

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How are the five senses interpreted:

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Wave Senses: Sight & Sound

Chemical Senses: Taste & Smell

Touch: Pressure, Warmth, Cold, & Pain

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Define Consciousness:

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Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.

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What are the 4 Stages of Sleep?

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Stage 1- Drifting on the edge of consciousness

Stage 2- Clearly Asleep

Stage 3- Hard to wake, breathing and pulse slowed down

REM- Rapid eye movement, most intense dreaming

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13
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How long is each sleep cycle?

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Approx. 90 min

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Define Behaviourism:

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An empirically rigorous science focused on observable behaviors and not unobservable internal mental processes.

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Define Learning:

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The process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors.

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Define Association:

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When a subject links certain events, behaviors, or stimuli together in the process of conditioning.

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Define the Separate but Equal Principal of Psychology & Christianity?

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Religion answers questions about the next life. Psychology answers questions about everyday behavior.

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Define the Tossed Salad Principal of Psychology & Christianity?

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Combining the insights and resources of scripture with the wisdom of psychology.

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Define the Nothing Buttery Principal of Psychology & Christianity?

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Christ is sufficient for every need of man.

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Define the Revealed Truth & Discovered Truth Principal of Psychology & Christianity?

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Revealed truth (God’s word) acts as a gravitational force upon discovered truth (the field of psychology) and the discovered truth does not conflict with the revealed truth.

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Define Monism:

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All behavior is ultimately determined by our genetics and our brain function. (All we are is physical matter).

22
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Define Dualism:

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

23
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True or False: Science is Descriptive

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True

24
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Fill in the Blank of a Brain Neuron

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25
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What is the Absolute Threshold of Sensation?

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

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What is Difference Threshold?

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The point at which you can tell the difference between two stimuli.

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What is Sensory Interaction?

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One Sense can influence another. (The most popular is taste and smell)

28
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What are the three known benefits of sleep?

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Recuperation (Body and Brain)

Growth

Mental Function (Learning, Memory, and Creativity)

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