Practice unit 1 – Flashcards
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Philosopher who was the first to conclude that knowledge results from our memories of our experiences
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Aristotle
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John Locke and Bacon
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Helped modern empiricism
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Aristotle
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Most enthusiastic about empiricism
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First psychological laboratory
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Wilhelm wundt
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Wilhelm Wundt lab work involved
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Reactions to sensory stimulation
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Wilhelm's early experiments were attempts to investigate what are of psychology
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Mental processes
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Wundt considered the first scientific researcher because
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Gathered data through experiments in his lab
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Introspection
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Examine and report their conscience experiences
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Monitor and report their immediate sensory reactions
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Introspection
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The unreliability of introspection contributed to the waning popularity of
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Structuralism
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American structuralist
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William James
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Functionalism focused attention on the
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Adaptive value of conscious thoughts and emotions
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Mary calkins
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Student of William James + first female president of the APA
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William James
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Authored a textbook in 1890 for the emerging discipline of psychology
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Ignore mental processes and to define psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior"
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John B. Watson
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Human behavior: psychoanalyst
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Focus on childhood behavior
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Human behavior: humanistic psychologist
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Environmental influences on potential
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Behaviorist dismiss the value of
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Introspection
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Rejected the value of introspection
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Watson
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Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of
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Behavior and mental processes
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Aristotle is to
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Nurture
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Plato is to
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Nature
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The inheritance of behavioral characteristics was emphasized by
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Charles Darwin
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Natural selection
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Survival of organisms best suited to a particular environment is
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Highlighted the reproductive advantages of environmentally adaptive traits
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Darwin
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Agree with Darwins behavior shit
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The American, James
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The biopsychosocial approach provides an understanding of social-cultural influences integrated within the larger framework of
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Multiple levels of analysis
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Biopsychosocial approach
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Low self esteem issues + social influences
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Biological
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perspective is the most relevant to understanding the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory
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Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses
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Behavioral
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Which perspective is the most concern with the unique ways in which individuals interpret their own life experiences
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Cognitive
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Which perspective would suggest that the facial expressions associated with the emotions of lust and rage inherited
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Evolutionary
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Relationships between brain chemistry and intellectual functioning
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Biological psychology
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Conducts basic research on the systematic changes in intelligence associated with aging
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Developmental psychologist
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Basic research on the relative effectiveness of massed practice and spaced practice on a person ms ability to remember information
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Cognitive psychologist
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Conducts basic research on the impact of racial prejudice on behavior
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Social psychologists
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Basic research on the relationship between adults language skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems
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Cognitive
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Tests to accurately identify the most qualified job applicants
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Industrial-organizational psychologist
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Which professional speciality focuses on the diagnosis and people with psychological disorders
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Clinical
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Clinical psychologist
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Treats people who suffer from severe disorders
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Medical degree
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Psychiatrists
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Whether individual different affect learning
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Educational psychologist
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SQ3R
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Utilize active processing of the text information
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Forensic psychologist
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Helps an attorney in a case
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Background in statistics + away from people is
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Psychometric psychologist
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WORKING WITH THE BRAIN
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Neuropsychologist
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Changing lives
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Counseling psychologist
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Community psychologist
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Who goes into areas that have been hit by natural causes
