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Biological & Cognitive bases of Psy.
Final review
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2015

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what is PSYCHOLOGY?
Definition

Discipline concerning with beavior, mental process by the organism's external and internal environment. Usually relies on empirical evidences and scientific researches, other than anecdotes or emotion-engagement.

 

(mental/behavioural to physical (affected and affecter)features)

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(what appealed => what lead to this phenomenon)

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Psychobabble:
Definition

- non-empirical evidences

- provies sense of control, predictability and confirst their wrong beliefs (confirmational bias so that they-dont-need-to-change is satisfied)

 

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Goals of Psychology:
Definition

1: describe what happened

- behavioural data collecting

- analysis of data

- is objectivity applied?

 

2: explain what happened

- examinations of patterns (establish models)

- combinning information

 - what are his internal environment?

- what are his external envirionment?

 

3: predict what happened

- state possibilities of the "future"

- factors explaning why such scientific prediction

 

4: controlling what happens

- prevention

- intervention

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tips about Critical Thinking
Definition

- no emotion/anecdotes;

 

- conclusions are drew after well-supported evidences and objective judgement.

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what about Wilhelm Wundt?
Definition

1: faterh of the birth of modern psychology;

2: Germen, 1879

3: "Principles of Physiological Psy";

4: established first lab;

5: 3 cognitive areas> thoughts, images and feelings

6: analysis should be based on consciousness (subjective view)=>introspection;

7: Structuralism

 

Term
3 school of thoughts:
Definition

structuralism;

functionalism;

psychoanalysis.

Term

what about Structuralism?

Definition

1: Wundt;

2: figure out basic elements (building blocks of experience) of feelings, images and sensation by introspectional method.

 

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What about Functonalism?
Definition

1: James (bond)

2:they try to see through how organisms' functions and purposes of their behaviors as responses to help them survivals;

3: this idea is partially inspired by Darwin's evlution theory;

4: they focus on consciousness as well, but they think that thoughts are changing (stream of consciousness), therefore introspection is not their method compared to accesses of many other methods.

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Random Assignment?
Definition
in order to eliminate differences between experimental and control groups, people are randomly assigned to be the member of each group. there is not uniqueness within two groups.
Term
heritability
Definition
there are heritabilities due to genetic reasons and also environmental reasons, but in either case, the heritability is only contributed by a group under the same environment by the explanation that individuals' differences are greatedly contributed to genetic differences, and environment can also affect herited traits within the group. By the study of adopted children and identical/fraterna twins
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