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Psychology Exam 1
Chapters: 1,2,8
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/22/2011

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Hysteria
Definition
A temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences.

o Patients became blind, paralyzed, or lost their memories without physical cause. However, under hypnosis, the symptoms would disappear.
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Gestalt Psychology
Definition
A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts.
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Structuralism
• Father of modern psychology
• Established first psychology lab – 1879
• Introspection- Observe some phenomenon and introspect how they experienced that phenomenon
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Goals of Behaviorism
Definition
To control and predict
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William James
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Functionalism
Father of American Psychology
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Structuralism
Definition
The classification of mental strutures
Chopped up pieces
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Functionalism
Definition
The study of the function of the mind
A stream
Influenced by natural selection
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Watson
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Behaviorism
Believed if you could control an individuals experiences you could control their behavior

proposed psychologists focus entirely on the study of behavior- what people do rather than what people experience.
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B.F. Skinner
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Behaviorism
Looking at how the consequences of a behavior affect the likelihood of that behavior happening again.
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Sigmund Freud
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Psychoanalysis
Study of the unconscious aspects of the mind
Mind as an iceberg
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Behaviorism
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The scientific study of behavior and its environmental determinants
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Psychoanalytic Theory
Definition
Sigmund Freud’s approach to understanding human behavior that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
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Cognitive Approaches
Definition
An approach to see how the brain works and how that correlates to thinking.
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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A field that attempts to understand the links between cognitive processes and brain activity.
Biological Approaches?
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Information Processing Approach
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Looking at the mind as a computer
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Cross-cultural Approaches
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We can only understand behavior in the context of culture, ethnicity, and gender
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Evolutionary Explanations
Definition
Adaptions- inherited solutions that have been naturally selected because they contribute to reproductive success.
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