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exam 1 psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/13/2012

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humanistic psychology
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focuses on free will, innate goodness, creativity, and the self. importance for having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied
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gender roles
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expectaions of what male and female is
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introspection
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focusing on their inner sensations, images, and feelings
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research methods
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biological-sensation in the brain
psychological-behavior, perceptions, and adjustments
social culture-culture, how people act
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plato
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started thinking of nature v.s nurture
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nature v.s nurture
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debate concerning the relative importance of an individuals biological qualities (nature) v.s an individuals unique enviorment experiences (nurtue). are we more influenced by our genes or enviorment?
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wundt
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founder of psychology;conducted first psychological experiment
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behaviorism
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(watson/skinner) focused on understanding directly observable behaviors rather than unobservable mental processes and mental contents
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endorphins
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neurotransmitters that act as natural painkillers
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rogers and maslow
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started humanistic movement which focused on need, love, growth etc. are essential
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neurotransmitters
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chemicals that allow the brain cells to communicate with eachother
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neuron
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cells that process information related to physical,mental, and emotional functioning
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linguistic determinism
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wharfs hypothesis says different languages impose diferent conceptions of reality
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pavlov
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dog saliva experiment. "classical c0onditioning" accidentally discovered association between reflexive behavior and its ancedents
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skinner
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"operant conditioning" "skinner box" "shaping"
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watson
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(doctor) white rabbit and little albert experiment,he created a phobia of a white rabbit for the infant child
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history of psychology
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combination of biology and philosophy. started when a philosopher began asking questions about behavior.
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