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- How we think, feel, and act.
- Wide-ranging discipline that can encompass any aspect of human behaviour. |
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| What did John Loche argue? |
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| That at birth, the mind is a tabula rasa ("Blank state") & also invented the term "empiricism", which really means that we learn by observing and experimenting |
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| When did modern psychology occur? |
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| December, 1879 (Leiszig, Germany) |
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| Who conducted an experiment on understanding (apperception) for modern psychology? |
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| Wilhem Wundt, and two students; Max Freidrich and G. Stanley Hall |
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| How do we define psychology today? |
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| The science of behaviour and mental processes |
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| Self examination of ones own mental states and mental processes |
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| What are the intentions of Functionalists? |
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| To identify how the mind and conscious worked |
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| Who developed the psychoanalistic theory of personality? |
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| What does the psychoanalistic theory of personality focus on? |
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| The inner conflict and resolution (i.e. ego, super ego...etc.) |
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| Who became influential in the field of developmental psychology? |
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| Define the role of behaviourists. |
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| Focuses on observable behaviours |
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| Who is commonly known to have focused on observable behaviours (behaviourists)? |
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| Who developped humanistic psychology? |
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| Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow |
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| Focuses on an individual's potential and personal growth |
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| Links brain activity to behaviour |
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| Who introduced structuralism? |
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| Titchener, one of Wundt's students |
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| Psychology's biggest question |
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- From the moment of conception
- Environmental |
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| The strongest traits will survive into the future |
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| Psychology's four main levels of analysis (also known as: The Biopsychosocial Approach) |
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| Combination of biological influence, psychological influence and social-cultural influences |
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| What are the four main levels of analysis (also known as:The Biopsychosocial Approach |
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- Cognitive
- Physiplogical
- Socioemotional
- Spiritual |
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| Psychological Perspective: Neuroscience |
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| How the body and brain create emotions, memories and sensory experiences |
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| Psychological Perspective: Evolutionary |
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| How nature selects traits that promote the perpututation of one's genes |
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| Psychological Perspective: Behavioural Genetics |
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| How our genes and our environement influences our indidvidual differences |
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| Psychological Perspective: Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytical |
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| How behaviour springs from unconcious drives and conflicts |
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| Psychological Perspective: Behavioural |
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| How observable responses are acquired and changed |
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| Psychological Perspective: Humanistic |
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| Our capacity to choose our life patterns and not just be directed by nature or nurture |
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| Psychological Perspective: Cognitive |
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| How we process, store, and retrieve infortmation |
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| Psychological Perspective: Social-Cultural |
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| How behaviour and thinking vary accross situations and cultures |
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| More concerned with discovering concept or processes |
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| Measurements of human abilities, attitudes, and traits |
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| The study of physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan |
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| The study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning |
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| The study of an individual's characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting |
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| The study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
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| More concerned with providing solutions to problems (Practical problems) |
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| Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology |
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| Applying psychological concepts to maximize behaviour to the workplace |
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| The study of how humans and machines interact |
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| Assisting people with problems and helping them to improve their well-being |
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| Studies, asseses, and treats people with psychological disorders |
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| Mentally trained psychologists |
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