AP Psychology Midterm Study Guide #1 Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches 1.Definition of Psychology? Disciplines it is rooted in? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental process; it seeks to answer how and why we think‚ feel‚ act as we do. Psychology is rooted in philosophy and biology. 2.What is the difference between nativism and empiricism? Which ancient philosophers/early psychologist were nativist? which were empiricist? Nativism is the argument that all our skills
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A.P. Psychology Crib Notes People: Wundt- "Father of Psychology": Introspection Wertheimer- Gestalt Psychology Titchner- Structuralism James- Functionalism Watson- Behaviorism; "Little Albert Study" Freud- Psychoanalytic; dream analysis; free association; structure of personality; stages of development; defense mechanisms Milgram- Obedience; Ethics Broca- left frontal lobe: associated with expressive language Wernike- left frontal lobe: receptive language Pavlov- Classical conditioning:
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Logic‚ Philosophy‚ and History of Science Why is psychology a science?: Psychology is a science because it uses systematic collection and observation of data to try to answer questions about the mind and behavior and their interactions. Define dualism: Dualism refers to the division of the world and all things in it into 2 parts: body and spirit. What did Locke mean by tubula rasa?: “blank slate” and has been used (originally by John Locke) to refer to the mind of a child. According to this view
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|Wundt |“Father of Psychology”; introspection/ Structuralism | |Wertheimer |Gestalt psychology | |Titchner |Structuralism | |James
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active process of oranizing this stimulus input and giving it meaning 3. What two kinds of sensory capabilities are studied by psychophysics researchers? a. Absolute limits of sensitivity – ex. what is the softest sound or weakest salt solution that humans can detect b. Differerences between stimuli – ex. smalles difference in brightness that we can detect? 4. What is the absolute threshold‚ and how is it technically defined and measured? a. Lowest intensity at which a stimulus can be detected correctly
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Psychology: Human Development The field of psychology may have grown to be respected as a science. Objectivity and the scientific method are both part of the psychologist’s mode of operation. However‚ even the greatest of psychologists can only theorize about what makes human beings act the way they do. Absolutes are not part of psychology . Everything is relative and open to speculation. Theorists give us their views or ideas about life. In the field of psychology‚ there have been many different
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Divya Sharma Period 8 1/29/14 Chapter 8 Outline Emotion and Motivation Emotion is a four part process that involves many physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation and behavioral expression also has subjective learning The neuroscience of emotion People who suffer from phobias such as snakes their responses are usually irrational There are two response system one is the fast response system and the other one is quick response system A person may learn to fear dogs after bitten
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Religion Unit Essay Notes 1. Secularism began to arise with the seperation of church and state in Europe. A. Why is this so? (Deblij 207‚ 222-224) Secularism is the indifference to or rejection of formal religion. The most secular countries today are in Europe. Secularism has become more widespread during the past century due to the rise in democracy. Democratic governments disadvantage the traditional practices of a religion because they offer freedom‚ whereas other forms of government may
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This research paper will include the similarities between Human Development and Sports Psychology. I am a current college athlete and‚ I have been playing sports since I was five years old. While growing up and being active in sports as a child‚ I never understood why I could not play with older children. After going through ten chapters in this course‚ we touched on Erikson’s Eight Stages of Human Development and how that relates to a lot of things involving motor skills and maturity level. I got
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Lorenzo de Calice AP Psychology Mrs. Freedman 11/6/2013 Development Essay Egocentrism: Egocentrism refers to the child’s inability to see a situation from another person’s point of view. According to Piaget‚ the egocentric child assumes that other people see‚ hear and feel exactly the same as the child does. For this specific example‚ the little girl who told her story would have probably said how everyone in her class thought of how awesome the fire station was. Most importantly‚ she would
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