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27 Cards in this Set
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Empiricism |
Knowledge comes from experience |
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Materalism |
Mind body and consciousness come from physical matter |
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Edward titchner |
Structuralist |
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Structuralism |
Mental processes can be broken down into parts |
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William james |
Functionalist |
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Functionism |
Looks at why you have the behavior you do why you feel the way you do etc |
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Gestalt |
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts |
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John watson |
Behaviorist |
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Behavorism |
Can be observed and recorded |
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Freud |
Psychoanalysis. He focuses on the unconscious mind |
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Golden albport |
Social psychology |
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Evolutionary perspective |
Natural selection |
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Phsycoanalytical perspective |
Focus on the unconscious |
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Scientific method |
1. Devise a question 2. Devise a theory 3. Devise a hypothesis 4. Design research 5. Do the experiment 6. Gather data 7. Analyze data 8. Interperate and repeat |
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Survey |
Self reported behaviors or opinion |
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Neuron |
A nerve cell. Basic building block of the nervous system. How our body transmits info |
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Axon |
Starts the charge |
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Reticulum formation |
Arousal (not sexual) |
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Partial lobe |
Sensory input |
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Reuptake |
Neurotransmitters are reabsorbed into the neurons |
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Dopamine |
Movement learning attention and emotion |
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Unconscious |
Parallel processing |
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Conscious dual processing |
Sequential and serial processing |
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Circadian rhythm |
The 24 hr sleep wake cycle |
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Stimulant |
Exciting neural activity. Methods extract caffeine cocane |
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Physicadillac |
Sensory experience in the absence of sensory input |
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Substance dependence |
Physical dependence : your body needs the drug to function normally. Psychological: you can't relax without taking the drug |