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| Who was known as the father of psychology? |
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| What is the difference between nature and nurture? |
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Nature is our genes
Nurture is our experiences |
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| Who established the first laboratory dedicated to psychology? |
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| What is structuralism and who founded it? |
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| ]Structuralism was a school of thought that sought to identify the components of the mind. Structuralists believed that the way to learn about the brain and its functions was to break the mind down into its most basic elements. And was founded by Edward B. Titchener |
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| What was a central componet to the early days of psychology that focused on looking inward and examining one's self in order to gan insight? |
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| What book did William James publish? |
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| Principles of Psychology: became the basis for the new school of psychology |
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| What does functionalism focus on? |
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this school of thought focused on observable events as opposed to unobservable events
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Who is known as the Father of Adolescence for his work influenced adolescent themes in psychology, popular culture, and education?
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| Who was the first American women to earn a PhD in psychology? |
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| What book did Mary Calkins write? |
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| Introduction to psychology |
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Who is know as the Father of Psychoanalysis?
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| emphasized the role of unconscious conflicts in determining behavior personality |
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| What happemed during the Little Albert experiment? |
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| John B. Watson the Father of Behaviorism taught Albert fear |
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psychology should be a science based on observable events, not the unconscious or conscious mind
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| What was Ivan Pavlov's contribution to psychology? |
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| Pavlov's work with classical conditioning laid the foundation for Behaviorism |
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| Who is best known for developing the theory of Operant Conditioning? |
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| What did Carl Rogers do for psychology? |
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| Rogers found that behavorism's focus on learned behaviors too mechanistic. He emphasized the conscious experiments of his patients. |
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| Who helped advocate for humanistic psychology along with Carl Rogers? |
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| What was the general idea of Humanistic psychology? |
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| Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personally growth. Focuses on the motivation of people to grow. |
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| What is the general idea of biological Psychology? |
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| Biological psychology looks at the link between biology and psychological events such as how information travels though out our bodies; how different neurotransmitters effect sleep, dreams, and other behaviors |
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| What is Psychodynamic psychology? |
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| a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders. |
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| What is Behavioral psychology? |
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| Founded by John B. Watson, this is the scientific study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning |
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| What is Cognitive psychology? |
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the study of how the higher mental processes develop and are used
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| What is Social-cultural psychology? |
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| The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking |
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| What is Industrial- organizational psychology? |
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| The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces |
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| What is are the speciality areas in psychology? |
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| Biological, cognitive, experimental, developemental, social, personality, health, educational, industrial-organizational |
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| A clinical psychologist, psychiatrist or other mental health professional with extensive training in Freud's psychoanalytic method of psychotherapy |
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| What is personnel selection? |
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| To hire only those applicants who will perform the job effectively |
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| What is a clinical psychologist? |
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| A branch of psychology that studies assesses and treats people with psychological |
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| A branch of medicine dealing with psycy psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who often provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy |
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