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16 Cards in this Set
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Nativism
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philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn (Plato)
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Philosophical Empiricism
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all knowledge is acquired through experience (Aristotle)
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Dualism
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view that the mind and body function separately
(not right) |
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Structuralism
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Applying methods from physiology to psychology.
analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind |
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Consciousness
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person's subjective experience of the world and the mind
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Introspection
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subjective observation of one's own experience
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Functionalism
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study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment
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Hysteria
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temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions
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Psychoanalysis
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therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorders
(fell out of favor b/c pessimism and lack of testability) |
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Behaviorism
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approach that advocates that psychologists restrict themselves to the scientific study of objectively observable behavior
(can be measured objectively) (Stimulus-response) |
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Reinforcement
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consequences of a behavior that determine whether it will be more or less likely that the behavior occur again
(ignored mental processes and evolutionary history) |
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Gestalt Psychology
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approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of parts
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Cognitive Psychology
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study of mental processes, including preception, thought, memory, and reasoning
(experiment- subjects often remembered what should have happened or what was expected, not what did happen in the story) |
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Social Psychology
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subfield that studies the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior
(experiment- cyclists rode faster when with other cyclists compared to riding alone) |
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Cultural Psychology
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values, traditions, and beliefs that are shared by a particular group of people
absolutism- culture makes little or no difference for most psychological phenomena |
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APA
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over 150,000 members- equally divided by sex
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