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| out of what two disciplines did psychology develop? |
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| biology esp. physiology and philosophy |
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| what were Rene Descartes 4 major influences on scientific psychology? |
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1. skepticism- wanted to put knowledge on a firm basis.
2. humans defined by thinking-only human through thoughts
3. body as a machine- what if human bodies were just machines?
4. the mind body exists and interacts |
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| What is the mind body problem? |
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| How can they interact? How can a body exist in space, but the mind does not take up physical space so it exists in something that is not physical? |
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everything is physical
we are our brans |
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Knowledge comes from experience through the senses
The more you experience the more complex your mid gets |
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| where and when did psychology begin? |
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| How parts of the body work and function |
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| Wilhelm Wundt: founder of psychology what did he study? |
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| he studied measuring atoms of the mind |
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| A research method in wich observers examine, record and describe their own internal method process |
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What is Functionalism?
What were it two influences on its development inn the U.S.? |
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View in psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function.
Its two influences on its development in the U.S. were Darwinism and Americans Practical attitude. |
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| What did Behaviorist's think psychologists should and should not study? why? |
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That they should study behavior not mind
Because they think that the mind cannot be studied scientifically. |
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| What machine led to cognitive psychology in the 1960's? |
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| How did World War 2 influence the growth of clinical psychology in the 1960's? |
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| During the war most of the hospital beds were filled with people with mental problems from the war. So the Gov got psychologists to help and in doing so they tested out the program of psychology which was a success. |
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| Definition of psychology? |
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| the science of behavior and mental process |
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Finding out information just to increase the scientific knowledge base.
Wants to find something out just to gain more knowledge like what parts of the brain is involved with mathmatics or how many people wear their hats to one side. |
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| What is applied Research? |
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The Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.
Like how to sell something
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How to help people with behavioral problems |
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| The debate wether our human traits develope through experience or are we born with them. |
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| from among chance variations, nature selects traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. |
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| Psychologists three main level's of analysis |
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1. Biological influnce
2. Psychological influence
3. Social influence |
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| Main Focus of Neuroscience |
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| how brian and science are related to thinking emotions and behavior. |
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| Main focus of evolutionary psychology |
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| how certain traits allow us to adapt to the environment and pass on our genes. |
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| Main ficus of Cognitive psycology |
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| How we process and retrieve information |
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| Main focus of Behavioral Genetics |
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| how differences in genetics and environment influence behavioral influences |
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| Main focus of Social- Cultural |
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| how behavior carries across culture and how groups influence a person. |
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| Main focus of Behavioral psychology |
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| how we learn observable responses. |
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| Main focus of psycohodynamic psychology |
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the dynamics underlying your mental process
the way you act
why you like or dislike certain things |
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| differences between clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and psycoanalysts? |
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| What are the most efficient ways to study psychology? |
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destribute your time
learn to think critically
in class listen actively
be a smart test taker |
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The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome that one would have foreseen it.
people being over confident in what they beleive. |
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| read and understand The Scientific attitude pg. 20 |
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| What are the two goals of science? |
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1. measure and describe
2. prediction and understanding |
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| What are Variables? What is the operational definition? |
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Variables-any measurable conditions, events characteristics or behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study
Operational Definition- a concept or variable is defined by the methods used to measure it. |
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| What are the five steps in a scientific study? |
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1. Formulate Hypothesis
2. Prediction and understanding
3. Collect Data
4. Analyze data and draw conclusion
3. Report findings |
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-not just a guess
-Based on previous observations
-Make predictions to test out the theory |
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| What are theories based on? |
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| - based on previous observations |
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