Unit 1 PSY 200 NVCC Test

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Unit 1 PSY 200 NVCC Test What is psychology? - ✔✔The scientific study of the mind & body What is the mind? - ✔✔The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories & feelings Wh... at is behavior? - ✔✔Observable actions of all beings What are the three key questions in psychology? - ✔✔1. Where does the mind come from? 2. What is the mind for? 3. Why does the mind fail? What is the nativism? - ✔✔The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn. What is philosophical empiricism? - ✔✔the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience. whats "nurture" ? - ✔✔human behavior is determine by environment Whats "nature" - ✔✔human behavior is determine by experiences What is phrenology? - ✔✔theory that certain traits and one's capacity for psychological traits can be found in certain parts of the brain How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body connection? - ✔✔Broca had a brain-damaged patient that could only comprehend speech but couldn't communicate through speech, showed close link between brain and mind. What is physiology? - ✔✔study of biological processes in the human body and mind Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first course in 1867 and opening its first lab? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt What is consciousness? - ✔✔experience of the world and mind based on personal feelings, tastes or opinions How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time? - ✔✔conducted measurable tests, such as the tone identification. What is structuralism? - ✔✔analysis of the basic elements of the mind What is introspection? - ✔✔observation of one's experience personally What is the problem with using introspection as a research method? - ✔✔people have individual minds, thoughts, and opinions and will see things differently than others What is functionalism? - ✔✔study of how our mental processes allow us to adapt to our environment How did William James differ from Wundt in how he believed consciousness should be studied? - ✔✔James believed that consciousness could not be broken into parts and analyzed but it was a stream of elements. Which man thought consciousness was a stream? - ✔✔William James Which man thought it could be broken up? - ✔✔Wundt What is natural selection? - ✔✔theory that traits and skills of an organism that help it survive and reproduce are more likely to be passed than other features What is hysteria? - ✔✔temporary loss in cognitive and motor skills due to a high stress situation or stimuli What is the unconscious? - ✔✔the mind that influences the conscious awareness in thoughts, feelings, and actions. What is the emphasis in Freud's psychoanalytic theory? - ✔✔the unconscious anxieties, conflicts and desires What is psychoanalysis? - ✔✔therapeutic approach with a focus on bringing the unconscious material into awareness to better understand psychological disorders What were some criticisms of Freud's approach? - ✔✔That it was hard to test and therefore was of limited use What is humanistic psychology? - ✔✔an approach to understanding human nature by urging individuals to increase their positive potential. Who were the founders of humanistic psychology? - ✔✔Abraham Masl [Show More]

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