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what did Socrates and plato think abt death?
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they both thought that twhen they died their mind would somehow continue on.They thought their minds would be freed from their bodily prison
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Did Plato and Socrates consider knowledge innate?
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they thought some knowledge was innate
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what did Aristotle think abt knowledge?
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Aristotle gained his knowledge from careful observations. In his opinion, our mind is a tabula rasa or a blank slate
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Would Rene Descartes have agreed with Aristotle or Socrates about knowledge being innate/learned thru experience
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Rene Descartes would have agreed with Socrates. He would have said yes knowledge is innate and the mind is distinct from the body.
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who was Franis Bacon?
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he was the founder of modern science. He based his research on more practical judgments, such as, experience
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John Locke in his essay Concerning Human Understanding said what about our mind at birth
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He said that the mind was a blank slate at birth that experience writes upon
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what two things are associated with empiricism
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1)knowledge comes from experience
2)science flourishes thru OBSERVATION and experimentation |
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who started the first psychological lab with his students?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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what is intropection?
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that is when a person self reflects
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Who introduced structuralism?
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Edward Bradford Titchener
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What does introspection have to do with structuralism?
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Structuralism was an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the mind.
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Instead of sudying the mind by examining its individual parts this man tried to figure out why things were the way they are. Who am I talking about
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William James
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William James was a functionalist influenced by Darwin's idea of natural selection. How is this influence shown in functionalism?
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Functionalism focuses on how mental and behavioral processes function. It studies what it is that makes the mind adapt, survive and flourish
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Who was the first woman to earn the right to a Harvard degree but refused it?
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Maryk Calkins was tutored alone by William James since all the other students dropped his class in 1890 when she tried to join.
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What is significant abt Calkins besides her right to a Harvard degree (which was denied to her)
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Mary Calkins was the first female president of the APA in 1905
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Who wrote the Animal Mind and became president in 1921. For what other reasons is she important?
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Margaret Floy Washburn wrote the Animal mind and became the 2nd APA vice pres in 1921. Her theseis was the first foreign study in Wundt's journal.
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What kept Margaret Floy Washburn from becoming a part of the organzation of experimental psychologists
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Although the organization of experimental psychologists was founded by Washburns own graduate adviser, Titchener, she was unable to join becuz of her gender.
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how did psychology change after the 1920s?
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Introspection was dismissed and psychology was redefined as the science of observable behavior.
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what is psychology
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it is the study of mental and behavior processes
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what is the nature-nurture issue
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it is the controversy over the relative contributions that genes (nature/Descarte)and experience(John Locke) make to the development of psychological traits and behavior.
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How did Darwin's origin of Species spport the idea that ideas are innate?
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It supported that ideas are innate and it explained the diversity of life
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What vocab word describes the following:the most useful trait for survival will be passed on to succeeding generations
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natural selection
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what are the 5 perspectives of psychology?
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1)behavioral
2)behavior genetics 3)psychodynamic 4)evolutionary 5)nueroscience |
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wat is the behavioral perspective of psychology?
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Behavioral is how we learn observable responses. i.e. someone may study facial expressions
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How is behavior genetics different from the behavioral part of psychology?
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Behavioral has to do w/wat we learn while behavior genetics is how much our genes and environment influence our individual differences. i.e. how heredity and experience influence personality
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This perspective pertains to how our behavior springs from unconcscious drives and conflicts
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This perspective would be psychodynamic. i.e. outburst may be unconscious hostility
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What princple of psychology reminds you of Darwin and why
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The evolutionary principle of psyhcology reminds me of Darwin since somme of our current genes might facilitated the survival of our ancestors
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what type of research aims to increase the knowledge base of science?
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Basic research is pure science that is based on experiments to increase our knowledge base
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What type research would most ppl find applicable to their everyday lives?
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Applied research pertains more to everyday ppl since it is a scientific study that aims to solve practical problems (science applied to life). i.e. tests in the workplace
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what branch of psychology studies, asseses and treats ppl with psychological disorders?
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clinical psychology
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how is psychiatry different from clinical psychcology
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While psychology focuses solely on treating the person Psychiatry combines both medical treatment with psychological therapy.
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Who wrote the principles of psychology and why was it significant
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William James wrote the Principles of psychology. It was the first text describing psychology.
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who created the first lab for psychology and created psychology itself as a result
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Wilhelm Wundt
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edward titchener was primarily concerned with the study of
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sensory experiences
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ivan pavlor pioneered the study of
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learning
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