Vocabulary Flashcards
(32 cards)
Behaviorism
The study of behavior
Cognitive Psychology
The study of mental processes
Consciousness
Awareness of ourselves and our environment
Empiricism
The belief that knowledge comes from experience
Eugenics
The practice of selective breeding to promote desired traits
Flashbulb memory
A highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event
Functionalism
A school of American psychology that focuses on what the brain does
Gestalt psychology
An attempt to study the unity of experience
Individual Differences
Ways in which people differ in terms of behavior , emotion, cognition and development
Introspection
A method of focusing on internal processes
Neural impulses
An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate
Practitioner-Scholar Model
Model of training professional psychologist that emphasizes clinical practice
Psychophysics
Study of relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli
Realism
a tendency to face facts and be practical rather than imaginative or visionary
Scientist-Practitioner Model
Model of training professional psychologist that emphasizes research and clinical skills
Structuralism
Psychology sought to describe the elements of conscious experience or the doctrine that structure is more important than function.
Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon
The inability to say a word from memory even though it is on the tip of the mouth
Materialism
belief that the world is made of material, and that there are no other types of entity (things)
Dualism
the idea or theory that something (an object, an idea, or the whole world) is split into two parts
What were Descartes two arguments against Materialism
Argument one is that the creativity and spontaneity of human actions proves we are more than material beings. Argument two was the famous saying “I think therefore I am”
What are the 4 parts of a neuron system
Dendrites, Cell body, Axon and Myelin Sheath
What is the Dendrites role
Receive signals from other neurons
