Flashcards About AP Psychology Unit 1
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Describe the prescientific roots of psychology as they relate to the nature of the mind and the importance of inborn qualities
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Ancient Greeks (Socrates and Plato) thought knowledge is innate Ex: I was born with the knowledge 5+5=10 It resurfaced when my teacher told me.
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Discuss the birth of psychological science and how it has changed up to present time
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Wilhem Wunt used experiments to prove his theories on psychology. Instead of random guesses it became more experimental and scientific based
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What are the three main levels of analysis used in psychology?
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Biological influences Social-Cultural influences Psychological influences
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Biological psychology
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links biological (neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes
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Evolutionary psychology
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study of roots of behavior and mental processes using natural selection
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Psycho-dynamic psychology
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how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders
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Behavioral psychology
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the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
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cognitive psychology
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the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
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social cultural psychology
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the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
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humanistic psychology
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how we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self-fufillment
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basic research psychologists
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biological developmental cognitive educational psychologists personality social
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biological psychologist
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used experiments to prove something
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developmental psychologist
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studying our changes from womb to tomb
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educational psychologists
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studying influences on teaching and learning
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personality psychologists
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investigating our persistent traits
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social psychologists
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explore how we view and effect one another
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cognitive psychologists
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experimenting with how we perceive, think and solve problems
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Wilhelm Wunt
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Was one of the first psychologists that used experiments (one of which a person pressed a button when they heard a sound and then when they knew they heard the sound) This experiment was the first ever. He developed the theory that to be aware of one's awareness takes longer. He focused on inner sensations, images, and feelings.
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Ivan Pavlov
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he pioneered the study of learning
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Sigmund Freud
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emphasized he ways emotional responses to childhood experiences and our unconscious thought processes affect our behavior.
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psychoanalysis
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Freud's theory of personality and therapeutic technique that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. Through dreams, associations, resistances, and transference, and the therapist's interpretation--people can uncover undercurrent conflicts and feelings
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Jean Piaget
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an observer of children (last of the century) profoundly affected the rest of psychology
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John Watson
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redefined psychology as behaviorism had an experiment and demonstrated conditioned responses in a baby who became famous as "little albert"
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B.F. Skinner
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studied how consequences shape behavior
