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| Munchhausens syndrome- Jenny pretended she had cancer to gain attention/affection |
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| Erik Erikson says psychologists should? |
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| between biology and culture |
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| Jane Elliott and argument of study |
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| discrimination study with 3rd grade students. Separated students who had blue and brown eyes. Showed that those who have been discriminated against are 'kinder' to others who are discriminated. the study was done during a time of discrimination when discrimination was 'acceptable'. |
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| Localization of functions |
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| functions of the brain have relative locations in the brain |
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| part of the brain that controls understanding speech but not speech |
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| area of the brain that controls speech but not speech comprehension. (behind Broca's area) |
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| Psychology starded by taking what study and applying the scientific method to it? |
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| Philosophy: uses logic and argumentation to answer questions about why we think and do what we do. |
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| Mind and body are seperate |
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| blank slate; the mind is a blank slate to start with. no innate knowledge |
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| used introspection to discover elements of consciousness |
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| asked people to report what they were 'feeling'in a given situation. |
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Why do we think the way we do? what is the function of thought.
Used darwin theory of evolution and ideas of natural selection.
ex. -instinct to survice -instinct to reproduce |
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-reproduction
-care for other being(child or spouse) to survive
-survival of genes
-happier=live longer |
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system of theoretical assumptions to make sense of things
-Theoretical assertions
-Shared metaphors
-Set of methods |
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| Paradime- Theoretical assertions |
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things believed to be true
example: nature and nurture work together |
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| Paradime- Shared metaphores |
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example:
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example:
-psychologist will experiment and control variables
-anthropologists will just observe uncontrolled variables. |
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| psycho-dynamic perspective (1900's) |
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| unconscious wishes and motives influence conscious intention |
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| behavioral perspective (1940's) |
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objects or events control behavior because of previous learning
-doesn't explore internal states such as feelings or self |
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| conditioning: relating a behavior to a condition. |
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| Reward: rats learned that hitting a lever rewarded them with food |
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Free will, self actualization, positive growth seeking nature
*pre hippie era |
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| perceive, process, and retrieval of information. "thinking" |
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| based on darwins theory; tries to predict future behavior |
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| biological/neuroscientific/Evolutionary |
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| Human biology and how it affects thoughts |
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| behavior affected by culture and society |
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| Set of norms a group shares passed through history |
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| brain development over whole lifespan |
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| focus on social environments effect on behavior |
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| focus on thinking process |
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| study set of unique behaviors thoughts and feelings and charactaristics |
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| industrial/organizational psych |
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| psychology of the workplace |
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| physical health and psychology relationship |
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| the ability of a theory to be proven wrong as a means of advancing science |
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| the transformation, storage, and retrieval of environmental inputs through thought and memory |
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| origin of cognitive approach |
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| Descartes and other rationalist philosophers |
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| a term applied to traits that help organisms adjust to their environment |
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| a field that explores possible evolutionary and biological bases of human social behavio |
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| a field that examines the genetic and environmental bases of differences among individuals in psychological states |
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| the capacity to survive and reproduce offspring |
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| the notion that natural selection favors organisms that survive, reproduce, and foster the survival and reproductions of their kin |
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what perspective would answer this question:
How are memories stored in the brain? Do hormones influence whether and individual is heterosexual or homosexual |
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| what perspective would answer this question: Can children remember experiences from their first year of life? Do children in dare care tend to be more or less well adjusted than children reared at home? |
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| what perspective would answer this question: when and why do people behave aggressively? can people behave in ways indicating racial prejudice without knowing it? |
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| what perspective would answer this question: what causes depression? what impact does childhood sexual abuse have on later functioning? |
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| what perspective would answer this question: what causes amnesia, or memory loss? How are people able to drive a car while engrossed in thought about something else? |
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| what perspective would answer this question: to what extent does the tendency to be outgoing, anxious, or conscientious reflect genetic and environmental influences? |
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| what perspective would answer this question: are some forms of leadership more effective than others? What motivates workers to do their jobs efficiently? |
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| industrial/organizational psychology |
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| what perspective would answer this question: why do some children have trouble learning to read? what causes some teenagers to drop out of school? |
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| what perspective would answer this question: are certain personality types more vulnerable to disease? What factors influence people to take risks with their health, such as smoking or not using condoms? |
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| belief that the path to scientific knowledge is systematic observation and, ideally, experimental observation. |
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| psychological anthropologists |
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| people who study psychological phenomena in other cultures by observing the way the natives behave in their daily lives |
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| William James allowed her in his classes at harvard but was denied a degree. First woman president of the american psychological association |
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| first african american to receive a doctorate in psychology. |
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| was the first american woman to receive a doctorate in psychology |
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| first african american to earn a PhD in psychology. '"father of black psychology" |
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