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22 Cards in this Set
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Nativism
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Certain behaviors are innate (PLATO)
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Lateralization
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Two sides of brain communicate
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Sperry
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Split brain experiments
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Simon Leve
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Homosexuality linked to size of a certain nucleus in the hypothalamus
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Flourens
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Lesions on cats for localization *ethical considerations
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Strengths of Biological
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Anuything and everything can be treated with drugs
Evolutionary theory explains how animals can be tested in place of humans |
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Limitations of biological
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Does not incluide enviromental or unique factors humans possess
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Applications of biological
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1. Sexual orientation
2. Mental illness (dopamine etc) 3. Neurotransmitters (explain things) 4. Brain scan - can look at brains to solve problems |
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E.C Tolman
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Found Cognitive maps through mice in mazes
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Flashbulb Memory
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memory that does not go through NEwal and simons mental process
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Recency and Primacy
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rember stuff from first and last
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Banduras
-discovered -Experiment |
Latent Learning
Bobo the doll |
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Elizabeth Loftus
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Eyewitness testimonies are uinreliable due to schema
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Strengths of Cognitive
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explains behavior on functional psychological level
attribute behavior to free will |
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weaknesses of cognitive
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no introspection, overly hypothetical
many studies lack ecological validity |
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John B Watson
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Little Albert conditioned irrational fear
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E.L. Thorndike
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Law of effect- animals learn though trial and error, not though observation
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Rescorla
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dogs learn to predict (cognitive influence)
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Garcia
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Taste aversion in rats
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Selligman
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Learned Helplessness***
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Strengths of Learning
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Scientific with high level of reliability
only counts hings that can be measured Reductionist, does not overcomplicate things |
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Weaknesses of learning
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High deterministic
generalize behavior (species specific behavior) heavy ereliance on animal reaearch |
