Psych Test 1

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study of sensations, feelings, and images associated with conscious experience. Trying to define the structure of consciousness.

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Structuralism

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argued consciousness should be studied as a whole, not piece by piece

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Gestalt Psychology

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all behavior can be traced to psychological processes

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Psychoanalysis

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how the mind works in allowing an organism to adapt to the environment

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Functionalism

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study of only observable behavior and explain behavior via learning principles

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Behavioralism

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activity of the nervous system, especially of the brain; the action of hormones and other chemicals; and genetics

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Biological Approach

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the ways in which behavior and mental processes are adaptive for survival

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Evolutionary Approach

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internal conflicts, mostly unconscious, which usually pit sexual or aggressive instincts against environmental obstacles to their expression

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Psychodynamic approach

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focus on learning, especially each person's experience with rewards and punishments

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Behavioral approach

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mechanisms through which people receive, store, retrieve, and otherwise process information

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Cognitive Approach

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emphasizes individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in guiding behavior and mental processes

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Humanistic Approach

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the study of humankind as a whole

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anthropology

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integration in small scale societies

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holism

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all people are equally human

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universalism

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view each culture in its own values and traditions

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cultural relativism

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passing of ones own culture through generations

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enculturation

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exchange of customs and traditions between two cultures

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acculturation

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adjust to environmental conditions for survival

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adaptation

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4 fields of anthropology

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physical, linguistic, cultural, archaeology

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study and description of an ethnic group

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ethnography

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comparative study of cultures

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ethnology

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Struggle between communist and democratic nations in the post war world

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Cold War

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term used to describe countries that weren't aligned with communism or democracy during the cold war

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Third World

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after germany annexed the sudetenland and then continued their expansion leading to WWII. you cannot appease an aggressive military dictator and expect peace

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Munich Lesson

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American ambassador whose "long telegram" stated that the soviet union was aggressively expansionist, which led to the escalation of the cold war in 1946

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George F. Kennan

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Aid to countries in europe that cooperated with the USA. Bolstered economic conditions in Western Europe to prevent desperate citizens from resorting to communism.

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Marshall Plan

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Soviet blockade of American railways to Berlin with the objective of giving the soviets total practical control of Berlin. Was countered by the USA with the Berlin airlift.

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Berlin Blockade

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North american treaty organization. Was formed in order to defend against communism spreading.

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NATO

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conflict over the division of Korea. Communist North which was backed by the USSR and China, vs. the democratic south which was backed by the USA and the united nations.

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Korean War

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began USA's policy of containment

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Truman Doctrine

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Act signed by Truman in 1947 that established the CIA and realigned the armed forces in the USA

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National Security Act