IB psych intro Word Scramble

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IB psych intro

Introduction chapter in IB psych

What is "trephination"?	stone age tradition, cut holes
What is "trephination"?	stone age tradition, would make holes in head to release evil spirits (schizophrenia cure)
What did Plato contribute to?	theory, mind (thought), and behavior. Relationships, too.
What was Descartes main phrase?	"I think therefore I am"
What was the main idea of John Locke?	the tabula rasa, or blank slate of mind. (You're born with a completely blank mind, then imprinted with experiences)
What did Max Wertheimer believe?	the whole experience is more important than just the sum of the parts of experience. CONTEXT is important
What is the psychoanalytic perspective?	-Early experience, childhood trauma -unconscious mind -conflicts -repressed memories
Who was the important person in the psychoanalytic perspective?	Sigmund Freud -thought people, given free will, will make selfish and evil choices
What is the behavioral/learning perspective?	-Conditioning associations -observational Learning -aggression -rewards/reinforcements
Important people in behavioral/learning?	PAVLOV WATSON BANDURA skinner
Skinner	Rewards and reinforcements, behavioral/learning
Pavlov	Made the dog salivate by ringing a bell every time there was food, and then took the food away and only rang the bell, making the dog hungry. Behavioral/learning, conditioning associations
Watson	Took a kid named little albert, placed him with a bunny and would scare him (with a gong) every time the bunny was around. Lil albert then became terrified of rabbits, even when the gong was no longer used. Behavioral/learning, conditioning associations
Bandura	kids sit in a room & watch an adult play with a bobo doll, 1 group watched the adult be mean&the others watched the adult be nice,& the groups acted however they saw the adult act with the bobo doll. Behavioral/learning, observational learning, aggression
Biological perspective	Genes Brain Nervous system Neurons Neurotransmitters
Important people in Biological perspective?	Gazzanaga (split brain), Darwin
Humanism perspective	People are good When given free will, people will choose good We all just want to belong OPPOSITE of freud, (psychoanalytic)
Evolutionary perspective	(Darwin) Natural selection, survival of the fittest
Cognitive perspective	Memory Perception Thinking Language (process, contain, absorb and come back to information) IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Piaget, Loftus
Social-Cultural Perspective	Influence of people and groups (example: religion) The behavior and thinking varying from situations and cultures
Zimbardo	Social-cultural, did the experiment where he put college students in a fake prison
Milgram	Allowed teachers and such to administer "shock' to people for wrong answers
Eclectic	Little bit of every perspective, used today
Nature Vs. Nurture	The debate over whether you are who you are because of your environment, or because of your set genes
Stability and Change	The debate over whether peoples personalities change over time or if they keep their personality their entire life
Rationality and Irrationality	Why people choose to ignore facts and do irrational things
Psychiatrist	Administers drugs, works more with medical/biological, and has an M.D.
Psychologists (as opposed to psychiatrist)	counsels, does not administer drugs, has a P.h.D
Basic research	Increase knowledge base, -(bio link between brain and behavior) -Development -Abilities from birth to death
Applied research	Knowledge applied to solve real world problems -industrial/organizational (used to market)
Empiricism	Knowledge only comes from experience
Structuralism	-introspection -used to explore elemental structure of the mind mentally. important person: wilhelm wundt
functionalism	focused on HOW mental and behavioral processes work, how they enable organisms to adapt, survive,& flourish imp. person: william james
biosychosocial	integrated perspective, incorporates biological, psychological, social cultural lvls of analysis

Created by: Milgalo on 2011-09-01