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Psychology
12th Grade
01/09/2012

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Term
Experiments and surveys are examples of what?
Definition
Research
Term
What school of thought consists of 2 categories?
Definition
Structuralism
Term
Who was responsible in 1879 for creating the first school for Psychology in Germany?
Definition
Wundt
Term
What perspective deals with hormones and glands?
Definition
Biological
Term
What school of thought believes it is absurd to study the consciousness and focuses on tangible actions?
Definition
Behaviorism
Term
What form of Psychology is Sigmund Freud associated with?
Definition
Psychoanalytical
Term
“Rats in mazes, birds in cages” is associated with what psychologist?
Definition
B.F. Skinner
Term
Consists of dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories.
Definition
Cognitive Activity
Term
One of the first people to think that the brain was responsible for mental disorders.
Definition
Hippocrates
Term
According to William James, this school of Psychology believes that the consciousness is a fluid “stream of consciousness.”
Definition
Functionalism
Term
Behaviors are...
Definition
Caused by cognitive activity
Observable
Measurable
Cause by emotion
Term
What perspective do you learn through experiences and observing others?
Definition
Learning
Term
The duck/rabbit image is an example of what school of thought?
Definition
Gestalt
Term
Throughout history, what have people contributed mental illness to?
Definition
The Devil
Gods and Goddesses
Term
Argued that the unconscious and conscious mind are in constant conflict.
Definition
Freud
Term
_________________ means to “look within.”
Definition
Introspection
Term
_________________ _______________ has its roots in Freud’s theories.
Definition
Psychoanalytical Perspective
Term
According to Aristotle’s Peri Psyches, man wants to ______ ____________ and ___________ _______.
Definition
Seek Pleasure; Avoid Pain
Term
A statement that attempts to explain why things happen the way they do is called a _____________.
Definition
Theory
Term
In German, Gestalt means ________ or _________.
Definition
Shape or Form
Term
5 goals of Psychology
Definition
Observe, Describe, Explain, Predict, Control
Term
What 2 categories make up Structuralism and what makes up each category?
Definition
Term
Why did Watson and other Behaviorist disregard Structuralism and Functionalism.
Definition
Term
Know what make up each perspective (2 will show up on your test for a list and describe question)
Definition
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