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Intro to Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/04/2013

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Psychology
Definition
The scientific study of mind and behavior
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Hindsight Bias
Definition
The tendency to think that we could have predicted something that has already occurred that we probably would have not been able to predict
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Scientific Method
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A set of assumptions, rules, and procedures scientists use to conduct experiments
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Biological Level of Explanation
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Lower level; genes, neurons, neurotransmitters, and hormones
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Interpersonal Level of Explanation
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Middle level; the abilities and characteristics of individual people
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Social/Cultural Level of Explanation
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Highest level; social groups, organizations, and cultures
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Psychodynamic Perspective
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Focuses on the role of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories.
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Freud
Definition
Psychodynamic psychologist who believed painful childhood experiences were the root of all problems or patients early sexual experiences and sexual desires
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Behaviorist Perspective
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Limits the attention to the study of behavior itself. Learning explains all behavior. Watson & Pavlov - stimuli and response
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Cognitive Persepective
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Studies metal process including perception, thinking, memory, and judgement.
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Ebbinghaus
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Cognitive psychologist - studies remembering lists of words
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Piaget
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Cognitive psychologist - memory influenced by what we already know
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Evolutionary Psychology
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Applies natural selection to human and animal behavior
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Nature vs. Nurture
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Genetic vs. Environment
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Accuracy vs. Inaccuracy
Definition
Human judgement is compromised by our mistakes in thinking
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Free will vs. determinism
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You choose your behavior or your behavior is guided by outside forces
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Conscious vs. Unconscious Processing
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To what extent do we know what we do
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Introspection
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Asking research participants to describe exactly what they experience as they work on mental tasks
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Individualistic Culture
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Western Culture - valuing the self and one's independence from others
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Collectivistic Culture
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East Asian Culture - Developing harmonious social relationships with others
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