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37 Cards in this Set
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Contemporary psychology
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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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Rene Descartes
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Mind continues to exist after physical death
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Socrates
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humans born with inborn knowledge of basic ethical principles
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Empiricism
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knowledge comes fromexperience and science shouild rely on observation and experimentation
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Locke
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Mind is blank slate at birth that experience writes on
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Titchenor
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Inrospection to identify basic elements of the mind
Structuralism |
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William James
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functionalism
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Early psychology focused on study of the american psychologists focused on
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mental life
observable behavior |
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Neroscience perspective would most likely emphasize that behavior is influenced by
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brain circuits
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if mother believes son is excellent student bacasue of her praise and affection, which perspective exercized
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behavioral
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cognitive perspective
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how the brain processes information
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how should we view relationship between various perspectives
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2d views of 3d object
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social psychologist
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researches why individuals conform to behaviors and opinions of others
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counselling psychologist
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helps people cope with challenges at home or work
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psychiatrist
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most likely to be in mental health field with medical degree
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hindsight bias
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voters exaggerate ability to have predicted election outcome
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overconfidence effect
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political officials who have no doubt predictions will come true
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basic characteristics of scientific attitude
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curiosity, skepticism, humility
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scientific attitude requires an open minded humility bc it involves a willingness to
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reject our own ideas
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when you question whether anecdotal evidence can be generalized to all people you are applying
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skepticism
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explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely lionked to its capacity to generate testable
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hypothesis
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biggest danger of relying on case study evidence is that
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individual cases can be misleading
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conservatives more likely than liberals to perceive high levels of pupular suport for conservative views. this illustrates
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illusory correlation
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negative correlation between degree of wealth and likelihood of suffering from a disorder indicates taht
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richer people have less disorders
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researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish
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cause and effect
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segment of dna capable of synthesizing a specific protein is
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gene
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a genome is the complete
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set of instructions
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compared to fraternal twins, identical twins are much more similar in
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DNA makeup
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home environment more clearly has a greater influence on childrens ,than on their
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temperament, heritability
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temperament
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emotional excitability
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assessing possible links between specific chromosome segments and alcoholism would be of greatest interest to a
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molecular geneticist
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evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of
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natural selection
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compared to environmentally impovershed rats, those rats housed in enriched environments experienced a dramatic increase in the number of their
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brain cells
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kids choose peers who share their own attitudes and interests as their friends this illustrates
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conformity behavior
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avoid talking with food in mouth because people view it as crude this illustrates
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norms, culture
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what is least likely explanation for rapid changes in western cultures
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gene pool changes
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japanese students are more likely than American students to describe themselves in terms of their
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social identities
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