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28 Cards in this Set
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Psychology |
Study of thoughts and behavior |
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Thoughts = |
Mind |
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Behavior = |
Observable |
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Subfields of Psychology |
-Neuroscience/biomed -Experimental -Cognitive -Developmental -Personality -Health/Sport -Clinical -Psychiatry -Counseling -Forensic -Social -Cross-cultural -Educational -Environmental -Industrial and Organizational |
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Brain, biology, chemistry |
Neuroscience/biomed |
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Learning |
Experimental Psychology |
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Thinking |
Cognitive Psychology |
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How people change as they age |
Developmental Psychology |
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Differences between people, looking at stable personality traits |
Personality Psychology |
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Relationship between mind and body |
Health Psychology |
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Athletics, exercise |
Sports Psychology |
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Exercise helps... |
Depression |
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Treats mentally ill people |
Clinical |
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MD's in treating the mentally ill |
Psychiatry |
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Eucational, social, career |
Counseling |
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Criminal / legal issues |
Forensic Psychology |
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Interactions between people |
Social Psychology |
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Differences across groups |
Cross-cultural
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Teaching |
Educational |
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How surroundings affect people |
Environmental Psychology |
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Work |
Industrial and Organizational |
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Mental illness = bad stuff in head = drill hole in skull |
Trephining |
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They thought you could tell something about a person by the bumps in their skull |
Phrenoloy |
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Blank slate: people are born without ideas or knowledge |
Aristotle |
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-Perception of reality -Skepticism |
Renee Descartes |
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Empiricism |
John Locke |
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Not accepting things on faith... |
Skepticism |
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Knowledge comes from experience |
Empiricism |
