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Introductory Psychology Chpt 1
PSYCH 2004
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/21/2009

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person: Clive Wearing
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expert on renaissance and contemporary music
lost memory: brain infection
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origin: term "psychology"
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science of the mind
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term: causal events
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events that cause other events to occur
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fun fact: cure to scurvy for sailors
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James Cook fed the sailors sauerkraut
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term: Physiological psychology
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examines the physiology of behavior
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term: comparative psychology
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studies multiple species behaviors to explain evolutionary adaptation to environment
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term: behavior analysis
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studies effects of environmental events on behavior
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term: behavior genetics
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studies the role of genetics in behavior
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term: cognitive psychology
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study of mental processes and complex behaviors
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term: developmental psychology
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study of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development, esp in children
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term: social psychology
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study of the effects of people on people
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term: personality psychology
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study of individual differences in temperament and patterns of behavior
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term: evolutionary psychology
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explains cognitive, social, and personality aspects of psychology by looking at the adaptive significance during evolution of modern species
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term: cross-cultural psychology
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study of the impact of culture on behavior
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term: clinical psychology
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study of mental disorders and problems of adjustment
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person: clinical neuropsychologist
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specializes in the identification and treatment of the behavioral consequences of nervous system disorders and injuries
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person: health psychologist
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works to promote behavior and lifestyles that improve and maintain health and prevent illness
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person: school psychologist
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deals with the behavioral problems of students at school
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person: consumer psychologist
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helps organizations that manufacture products or that buy products or services
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person: community psychologist
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works for the well being of individuals in the social system, attempting to improve the system rather than treating people as problems
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person: organizational psychologist
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works to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations
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person: engineering psychologist
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studies the ways that people and machines work together and helps design machines that are safer and easier to operate
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person: forensic psychologist
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studies human behavior as it may relate to the legal system and to matters involving criminal justice
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term: animism
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belief that all animals and all moving objects possess spirits providing their motive force
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person: Rene Descartes
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father of modern philosophy, describes phenomena using sensory experience and human reasoning
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term: reflex
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automatic response to a stimulus
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term: dualism
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belief that reality consists of mind and matter
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term: empiricism
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view that all knowledge is obtained through the senses
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term: materialism
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reality can be known only through an understanding of physical world, of which the mind is a part
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term: doctrine of specific nerve energies
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Muller's observation that different nerve fibers convery specific information from one part of the body to the brain or from the brain to one part of the body
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term: experimental ablation
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removal of a portion of brain to study the function of given region
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person: Hermann Helmholtz
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extremely productive scientist; dealt with nerve impulses
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fun fact: speed of human nerve impulses is?
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90 feet per second
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term: psychophysics
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measures the quantitative relation between physical stimuli and perceptual experience
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term: structuralism
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experimental psychology that began with Wilhelm Wundt; emphasizes introspective analysis of sensation and perception
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term: introspection
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looking within in an attempt to describe memories, perceptions, cognitive processes, or motivations
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term: functionalism
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(perceiving and learning) understanding species' behaviors and other processes in terms of their biological significance
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person: William James
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proposed a theory of emotion considered a durable psychological theory to this day
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term: behaviorism
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observable behavior is considered the proper matter for scientific study
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term: humanistic psychology
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study of human behavior that emphasizes experience, choice and creativity, self-realization, and positive growth
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term: gestalt psychology
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emphasized that cognitive processes could be understood by studying their organization, no their elements
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