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Biological psychology Brain systems, Neurochemistry, genetics
Individual psychology Individual difference, Perception and cognition, behaviour
Social psychology Interpersonal behaviour, social cognition
Cultural psychology Thoughts, actions, behaviour in different societies and cultural groups
Psychological science study of mind, brain, and behavior
How do the mind and the brain relate? The mind (mental activity is produced by biochemical processes in the brain
What is the mind? Mental activity - memories, thoguhts, feelings, experiences, perceptions
What is behavior? Observable human interactions
Amiable skepticism Being open to new ideas but carefully considering evidence
Dualism idea that the mind and body are separate yet intertwined
Who promoted dualism? Rene Descartes
Mind/body problem Belief of the separation of mental life and the body
Nature/nurture debate Argument concerning psychological characteristics are biologically innate or acquired through experience
According to William James's functionalism, why should psychologists focus on the operations of the mind? The mind is too complex to understand as a sum of separate parts
Stream of consciousness A phrase by William James to describe ones perpeual thoughts
Functionalism Concern with the adaptive purpose or function of mind and behavior
Natural selection those that inherit characteristics help them adapt to particular environments have an advantage over those who do not
Behaviorism emphasizes environmental influences on observable behavior
data ethics addresses ethical issues in data science
Biopsychosocial model Integrates biological factors, psychological processes, and social contextual influences in shaping human mental life and behavior
Distributed practice Learning material in several bursts over a longer period of time
retrieval based learning learning new information by repeatedly recallijg it from long term memory
elaborative interrogation learning by asking yourself WHY a fact is true or why it works the way it does
self explanation reflecting on your learning process and trying to make sense of new material in your own words
interleaved practice Switching between topics during studying
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