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Psychological Science
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/08/2010

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Functionalism
Definition

An approach to psycology concerned with the adaptive purposeor function of mind and behavior

 

 

Developed by William James

Term

STEP 4

THE BIOLOGICAL REVOLUIONS EFFECT ON ENERGIZING PSYCHOLOY

Definition

Revolutionary Developments

1.The mapping of the human genome

2. Imaging technologies to obsvere the working brain in actions

3. Brain Chemistry

Term

STEP SIX

Psychological scientists study at all levels which are?

Definition

The biological level of analysis

The individual level of anaysis

the social level of analysis

the cultural level of analysis

 

Term

STEP SEVEN

we are unaware of the multiple influences on how we feel and behave.

How does this happen?

Definition
Stimuli is primed even though we may not be aware or even remeber those influences
Term

STEP 5

The Mind Is Adaptive

Definition

Psychological Science is heavily influenced by Evolutionary Psychology which argues that the brian evolved to solve adaptive problems

 

Term

STEP THREE

The Brain and Mind are Inseperable

 

Definition

The Brain and Mind are Inseperable

MEMORIZE IT

Term
Free Association
Definition

Patient talks aboubt whatever they want for as long as they want

 

Developed by Freud

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Behaviorism
Definition

A psycological approach that emphasizes the role of enviornmental forces in producing behavior

 

Developed by John B. Watson

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Structuralism
Definition

An Approach to Psycology based on the idea that concious experience can be broken down into its underlying components

 

Edward Titchener's School of Though

 

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Introspection
Definition

A systematic examination of subjective mental experiences that requires peope to report on the  content of their thought

 

Wilhelm Wundt's unreliable method

Term

NATURE VS. NURTURE

Debate

Definition
The Arguments concerning whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or aquired though education,experience, or culture(learned)
Term
What are the 7 themes of psycological Science???
Definition

1.Psycology is an emperical Science

2. Nature and Nurture are inextricable entwined

3. The Bran and Mind are Inseprable

4. Biological Revolution=EnergizingPschologicalResearch

5. The Brain is Adaptive

6. Psychological Science Crosses levels of Analysis

7. We are often unaware of the multiple influences on how we FEEL THINK ACT

 

Term
Gestalt Theory
Definition

The whole of personal experience is different  than just the sum of its parts

 

Developed by Kohler and Wierhiemer

 

Term
Critical Thinking
Definition
Evaluating to reach Resonable Conclusion
Term
Cognotive Nueroscience
Definition

Studies the nueral mechanisms that effect though, learning, and memory


Kohler, Miller, Tolman

Term
Mind and Body Problem
Definition

A fundimental psychological issue that considers whether mind and body are separate and distinct or whether the mind is simply the subjective experience of the physical brain

 

 

Term
Social Psycology
Definition

Studies

Group Dynamics

in relation to psycological process

Term

Biological

level of analysis

Definition

STUDIES
Brain systems

Neurochmistry

Genetics

Term

Individual

level of analysis

Definition

Studies

Individual Differences

Perception and Cognition Behavior(mental)

Behavior(physical)

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Cognotive Pschology
Definition

Studies how people think,learn, and remember

 

Developed by George A. Miller

Term
Psycholanalysis
Definition

Attempts to bring the contents of the unconscious into concious awareness so that conflicts can be revealed

 

Developed by Sigmund Freud

Term
Unconcious
Definition

The mental processes that operate below the level of concious awareness

 

Freud

Term
Stream of Conciousness
Definition

One's continous series of everchanging thoughts

 

William James

Term

BiPolar (two poles)

Disorder

Definition
A Mood disorder characterizedby alternating periods of depression and mania (euphoria)
Term
Schizophrenia
Definition

A mental disorder characterized by alterations in perceptions

emotions, thoughts, or conciousness

Term
STEP ONE
Psychology is an emperical science
Definition
using research methods as a way of knowing about how we think feel and behave
Term
PostTraumatic Stress Disorder
Definition
A mental disorder that involved frequent nightmares, intrusive thougts,and flashbacks related to earlier trauma
Term
STEP TWO
Nature and Nurture are inextricable entwined
Definition
We cannot consider either influence separate because they work together
Term
Culture
Definition
The beliefs, values, rules, and customs, that exist within a group of people who share a comon language and enviornment and that they are transmitted through learning from one generation to next
Term

Social

level of anaysis

Definition

Studies

Interpersonal Behavior

 

 

Term

Cultural

level of anaysis

Definition

Studies

thoughts, actions, behaviors (of societies/cultural groups)


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