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Which learning perspective corresponds to the black box theory?
behaviourism
Describe behaviourism.
- mind treated as a black box
- complex modes of our brain cannot/should not be studied, only external behaviour
- father: John B. Watson
Which does behaviourism favour, nature or nurture?
nurture (environment)
Which early school of thought involves introspection?
structuralism
What is introspection?
experimenters trained subjects to carefully observe and report their own experiences
How did structuralists approach consciousness?
tried to dissect it into individual elements
How did functionalists view consciousness?
"stream of consciousness," not everything can be captured by test results
What is cognitive psychology?
Uses models to construct abstract representation of how the mind functions.
The single memory model is an example of which type of psychology?
cognitive
"The generation of music is more than speaker components." Which theory associated with neuroscience psychology does this statement disagree with?
reductionism - all human behaviour can be reduced to the biology of our brain
Differentiate between developmental and evolutionary and developmental psychology.
ev- behaviour develops over many generations
dev- behaviour develops over time
What is traid theory? Which type of psych does this correspond with?
- negative thoughts centered around the self, one's surroundings and one's future
- cognitive
What is personalization and which type of psych does it correspond to?
person believes that the bad things that happend to them are their fault, cognitive
What is a paradigm shift? Give an example.
a drastic change in thinking ex. when Copernicus challenged the idea that the Earth is at the centre of the universe
What is the practice effect? Which type of experimental design can this occur under?
- improved performance over course of an experiment due to becoming more experienced
- within subjects design
Describe a within-subjects design.
Manipulating the independant variable within each participant to minimize the effect of external variabls on the dependent measure,
Describe a between subjects design.
One group of subjects receive experimental manipulation, the other acts as the control.
What is a confounding variable?
A variable other than the independent variable that has an effect on the results.