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| Definition of Psychology according to James |
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| Definition of Psychology according to Watson |
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| “science of overt behavior” |
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| James’ belief regarding brain physiology |
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| no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change |
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| Watson’s belief regarding introspection |
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| goal is the prediction and control of behavior; introspection forms no part of its methods |
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| Watson’s belief regarding consciousness |
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| Never use the term; use terms of stimulus, response, habit formation, habit integration, etc |
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| Watson’s goals of Psychology |
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| Prediction and control of behavior |
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| Caulkin’s belief regarding course subject matter |
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| must understand normal in order to treat abnormal |
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| Goal of Evolutionary Psychology |
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| Explicate historical, ontogenetic, and situational forms of contextual input |
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| Contextual Influences in Evolutionary Psychology |
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| Histrionic (share history with other species); Ontogenetic (development); Situational (input activates response) |
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| Men went hunting so have greater upper body strength & spacial rotation; women gathered, so had better spatial location memory; women had to worry whether or not they were only temporary sex partners |
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| Right-art, music, creativity; Left-reasoning, language, writing |
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| Why Sperry did the Surgery, and What He Did |
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| Cut connection between hemispheres in order to stop severe epileptic seizures |
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| Jacobs-Factors Influencing Depression |
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| Jacobs-Relationship between Exercise and Depression |
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| repetitive motor acts increase serotonin neuronal activity |
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| What Determines Behavior according to Plomin |
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| Relationship Between Genes and Behavior according to Plomin |
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| Genes affect IQ, verbal ability, disorders, etc |
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| Purpose of Dreams according to Freud |
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| road to the elusive unconscious mind; wish fulfillment |
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| i.e. drinking water in dream after eating salty food to quench thirst |
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| simple fulfillments of wishes |
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| Characteristics of D Sleep According to Hobson & McCarly |
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| activation of brain, relative exclusion of external input; blocking of motor output, etc |
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| Definition of Dreams according to Hobson & McCarly |
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| Activation/Synthesis-Hobson & McCarly |
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| nonspecific state generator; sets level of brain's constituent neurons to determine D state |
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