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19 Cards in this Set
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The scientific study of the behavior and the mental processes of individuals is known as what?
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Psychology
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What are the goals of psychology
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To describe, explain, predict, and help control behavior
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Wundt and Titchener developed what?
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Structuralism
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James and Dewey developed what?
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Functionalism
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How many approaches are there to studying psychology
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seven
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looks at behavior as driven by instinctive forces, inner conflicts, and conscious and unconscious motivations
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psychodynamic perspective
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views behavior as determined by external stimulus conditions
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behaviorist
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emphasizes and individual's inherent capacity to make rational choices
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humanistic
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stresses mental processes that affect behavior responses
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cognitive
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relationships between behavior and brain mechanisms
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biological
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How do researchers test their ideas?
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Using the scientific method
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How do researchers combat observer biases
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by standardizing procedures and using operational definitions
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What is the basic unit of heredity
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gene
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The brain and spinal cord make up ______.
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central nervous system
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The brain consists of three integrated layers, name them.
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the brain stem, limbic system, and cerebrum
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The brain stem is responsible for _____.
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breathing, digestion, and heart rate
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The limbic system is involved in ____.
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long term memory, aggression, eating, drinking, and sexual behavior
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The cerebrum controls ____.
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Higher mental functions
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The basic unit of the nervous system is
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neuron.
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