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ap psych module 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| How is psychology a science? | Psychology uses the tools of science to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior and mental processes. |
| What is the difference between structuralism and functionalism? | structuralism focuses on the different parts of the brain, functionalism focuses on how consciousness changes in an environment |
| Why is the "rat always right"? | -Facts speak for themselves -Researchers have to accept the results of the study even if the hypothesis has been proven wrong. |
| What are three key elements of the scientific attitude? | curiosity, skepticism, and humility |
| What did Socrates and Plato believe? | mind and body are separate, mind continues after death, knowledge is innate |
| What did Aristotle believe? | knowledge is experienced and mind and body are one (monism) |
| What did René Descartes believe? | -agreed with Socrates and Plato -dissected animals -fluid in brain flows through nerves to muscles causing movement |
| What did Francis Bacon believe? | -founder of modern science -empiricism |
| What did John Locke believe? | -tabula rasa -the mind at birth is a blank slate on which experience writes |
| What is tabula rasa? | blank slate at birth |
| What is empiricism? | the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience (observation, experience) |
| How did Wilhelm Wundt influence psychology's early development? | established the first psychology lab wanted to measure the "atoms of the mind" ... the fastest mental processes |
| What did Wundt experiment? | In two separate trials, subjects were asked to press a telegraph key as soon as... -they heard the sound of a ball hitting a platform -they were consciously aware of perceiving the sound |
| What were the results of Wundt's experiment? | -In the first trial the subjects pressed the button in 1/10th of a second when they heard the sound of a ball hitting a platform -But it took 2/10th of a second to wait until they were consciously aware of perceiving the sound |
| How did Edward Bradford Titchener influence psychology's early development? | Edward Bradford Titchener introduced structuralism to study the elements of the mind, used introspection |
| What is structuralism? | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind |
| What is introspection? | the examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings |
| How did Charles Darwin influence psychology's early development? | -natural selection of mental and physical traits -adaptive evolution -influenced William James |
| How did William James influence psychology's early development? | -introduced functionalism -wrote Principles of Psychology |
| What is functionalism? | the theory that all aspects of a society serve a function and are necessary for the survival of that society. |
| How did Mary Whiton Calkins influence psychology's early development? | -student of William James -denied her Ph.D. due to gender -memory researcher -first female president of the APA |
| How did Margaret Floy Washburn influence psychology's early development? | - student of Edward Titchener - first female to earn Ph.D.in psychology - wrote The Animal Mind |
| Who influenced psychology's important milestones? | Wilhelm Wundt, Edward Bradford Titchener, Charles Darwin, William James, Mary Whiton Calkins, Margaret Floy Washburn |
| By seeking to measure "atoms of the mind", who established the first psychology laboratory? | Wilhelm Wundt |
| How did behaviorism further the development of psychological science? | Behaviorists focused on studying outward behavior was considered more scientific. This helped psychology to become more established as a science. |
| Who created behaviorism? | John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner |
| What is behaviorism? | the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes |
| How did Freud influence development of psychological science? | -developed an influential treatment process called psychoanalysis -personality theory |
| What is Freudian (or psychoanalytic) psychology? | unconscious forces and childhood experiences affect our behavior and mental processes |
| How did humanism further the development of psychological science? | It offered a new approach to understanding human behaviors and motivations and led to developing new techniques and approaches to psychotherapy . |
| Who created humanism? | Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers |
| What is humanism? | The emphasis of on the influence of the humanities on cultures such as literature, philosophy and fine arts. The study of potential and personal growth |
| With which of the following statements would John B. Watson most likely agree? | Psychology should focus on observable behavior. |
| How did behaviorism, Freudian psychology, and humanistic psychology further the development of psychological science? | -Watson: behaviorism focuses on studying behavior -Freud: psychoanalysis focuses on unconscious influences -Rogers and Maslow: humanism focuses on striving for growth |
| How did psychology develop from early understandings of mind and body to the beginnings of modern science? | -The Greeks wondered if ideas were innate or came from experience -Locke thought we were tabula rasa -Bacon gave us empiricism |
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