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Psychology |
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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psychology began in germany with what researcher |
Wundt |
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Functionalism, who is associated with it? |
How we adapt, work, and play in relation to the mind, William James |
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hypothesis |
prediction that can be tested |
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What method do psychologists use |
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learning |
relatively permanent change in behavior brought about through experience or practice |
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classic conditioning |
ivan pavlov, learning process, neutral stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus to cause the same response, reflexive, automatic, uncontrolled |
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Operant conditioning |
Consequences change probability of occurrence, voluntary, thorndike |
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structuralism |
edward tichner basic elements of mind |
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theory |
has had empirical testing |
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[schoanalytic approach |
Freud, Unconsious Mind, Childhood experiences |
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Behavioirism |
The science of behaviour that studies only observeable behavior |
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biological approach |
focus on brain and nervous system |
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humanistic approach |
Free will, being the best person you can, postive growth, and positive human qualities (oppisite of total depravity |
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cognitive approach |
how we think, remember, and store info |
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correlation coefficient |
1.00-(-1.00)) |
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Pavlov's dog |
Unconditioned stimulus: meat Unconditioned response: salivation Neutral stimulus: bell Conditioned stimulus: bell |
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extinction |
when reinforcement ends |
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positive reinforcer |
adding pleasureable |
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Negative reinforcer |
Escaping bad |
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latent |
tolman |
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insight |
kohler |
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learned helplessness |
seligman's dogs |
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law of effect |
behaviors followed by positive outcomes are strengthened and vice versa |
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3 behavioral psychologists |
pavlov, skinner, thorndike |
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piaget's 4 stages to developement |
sensorimotor birth-2 preoperational 2-7 concrete operational 7-11 formal operational 11-15
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attachment |
how a child is attached to their parents |
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eriksons stages |
trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame and doubt, initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority |
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personality |
a pattern of enduring, distinctive thoughts, emotions and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world |
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psychodynamic perspective |
unconcious |
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id |
primitive unconscious |
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ego |
Concious, if it feels good, do it, but only if you can get away from it |
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superego |
dont do it if its wrong |
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Big 5 |
ocean, openess, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness,neuroticism |
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projecive test |
rorschach |
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Social cognition |
how do we select, interpret, remember, and use, social info |
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who is cognitive dissonance |
judson mills |
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prejudice |
like or dislike |
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discrimination |
action |
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sex |
biological |
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gender |
social |
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abnormal behavior |
deviant, malidaptive, personally distressful |
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behavioral psychologists viewing mental illness |
learned |
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OCD |
Obsessions and recurring throughts |
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psychotherapy |
non medical process that helps with disorders |
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psychoanalysis |
subjective freaud? |
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systematic desensitation |
helps get over phobias with slow introduction and calming |
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rational emotive behavior therapy |
confronts irrational thoughts |
