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31 Cards in this Set
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Developmental Psych
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Study of how thought and behavior change and remain table across the life span
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Behavioral Neuroscience
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Study of the links among brain, mind and behavior
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Biological Psych
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Study of the relationship between bodily systems and chemicals, and how they influence behavior and thought
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Personality Psych
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Study of what makes people unique and the consistencies in people's behavior across time and situations
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Social Psych
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Considers how the real or imagined presence of others influences thought, feeling, and behavior
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Clinical Psych
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Study of the treatments of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders ang the promotion of psychological health
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Health Psych
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Study of the role that psychological factors play in regard to physical health and illness
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Educational Psych
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Study of how students learn, the effectiveness of particular teaching techniques, the social psychology of schools, and the psychology of teaching
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Industrial/Organizational Psych
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Applies a broad array of psychological concepts and questions to work settings and problems. Selecting personnel; studying the effectiveness of certain programs on worker productivity
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Sports Psych
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Examines the psychological factors in sports and exercise. Attempts to increase athletic performance through relaxation and visualization techniques
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Forensic Psych
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Field that blends psychology, law, and criminal justice. Makes legal evaluations of a person's mental competence to stand trial/evaluate the state of mind of a defendant at the time of a crime/fitness of parent to have custody of children/criminal profiles
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Shamans
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Medicine men of women/drive out demons
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Trephination
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Drilling a small hole in a persons skull to release spirits and demons
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Ancient Views
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Focused on natural and physical explanations for disorders
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Ancient Egyptians and Greeks
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Used narcotics to treat pain
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Ancient Chinese
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Made connections between bodily organs and emotions
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Hippocrates
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belief that the body must be treated as a whole and not just a series of parts
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Sigmund Frued (1880's)(Psychoanalysis)
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Assumes the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior
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DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, Text Revision; )
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Classification system that includes diagnoses for more than 250 psychological disorders
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Philosophy of Empiricism
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View that all knowledge and thoughts come from experience
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John Locke (tabula Rasa)
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Blank Slate
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Psychophysics of human perceptions
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First scientific form of psychology/lab studies of the subjective experience of physical sensations
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Relationship between the physical and psychological worlds (Wilhelm Wundt)
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opened first psychology lab in Germany
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William James
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Founder of psychology in the US
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G. Stanley Hall
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Founded the American Psychological Association (APA)
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Structuralism
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argued that breaking down experience into its elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behaviors (introspection)
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Functionalism
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argues it was better to look at why the mind works the way it does than to describe its parts -influnced by darwins natural selection theory
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Behaviorism (John Watson, B.F Skinner)
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psych can be a true science, only if it examines observable behavior, not ideas, thoughts, feelings, or motives
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Humanistic Psych (Abramam Maslow, Carl Rogers
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focuses on personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching ones highest potential
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Gestalt Psych (Max Wertheimer)
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maintains that we perceive things as wholes rather than a compilation of parts
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Cognitivsm (Fredrick Barlett)
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memory is not an objective and accurate rep of events but a highly personal reconstruction based on ones own beliefs, ideas, and view points
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