Psych 101 Exam 1 (Chapters 1-3): Updated A+ Guide Solution

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Psychology (Ans- the scientific study of the mind and behavior mind (Ans- our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings behavior (Ans- observable actions of... human beings and nonhuman animals H.M. (Ans- he lost his memory after having brain surgery on his hippocampus Plato (Ans- established nativism nativism (Ans- the view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn Aristotle (Ans- he believed in tabula rasa and philosophical empiricism tabula rasa (Ans- blank slate - born with no prior dispositions to anything philosophical empiricism (Ans- the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience Franz Joseph Gall (Ans- he focused on phrenology Phrenology (Ans- specific mental abilities and characteristics are localized in specific regions of the brain Paul Broca (Ans- patient that allowed for the discovery of "Broca's area" - issues with language production Broca's area (Ans- damage to this location causes impairments in language production, but not comprehension Hermann von Helmholtz (Ans- he studied physiology, stimulus, and reaction time - the farther away from the brain a stimulus came in contact with you, the longer it took for you to realize it Physiology (Ans- the study of biological processes, especially in the human body Stimulus (Ans- sensory input from the environment reaction time (Ans- the amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulus Wilhelm Wundt (Ans- he founded the first psychological laboratory consciousness (Ans- a person's subjective experience of the world and the mind Structuralism (Ans- the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind Introspection (Ans- the subjective observation of one's own experience William James (Ans- he applied scientific approach to psychology Functionalism (Ans- the study of the purpose that mental processes serve Charles Darwin (Ans- he founded natural selection [Show More]

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