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| What is the definition of psychology? |
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| The science of behavoir and mental processes. |
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| What did Aristotle write about? |
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| Aristotle wrote about dreams, sleep, the senses, and memory. |
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| A French philosopher that proposed a doctrine called interactive dualism. |
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| What is the deffinition of interactive dualism? |
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| Mind and body are seperate entities that interact to produce sensatons, emotions, and other conscious experiments. |
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| Who was the German psychologist that used scientific methods to study fundamnetal psychological processes? |
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| Who trained subjects in a procedure called introspection? |
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| Edward B. Titchener trained subjects in introspection. |
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| Who was the founder of structuralism? |
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| Edward B. Titchener was the founder of structuralism. |
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| What is the definition of structuralism? |
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| Structuralism is defined as complex conscious experiences that can be broken down into elemental structures or component parts of sensations and feelings. |
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| Who was the founder of functionalism? |
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| William James was the founder of functionalism. |
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| What is the definition of functionalism? |
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| Functionalism: stressed the importance of how behavoir functions to allow people and animals adapt to their enviroment. |
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| Who founded the first psychology research lab in the U.S at John Hopkins University? |
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| G. Stanley Hall founded the first psychology research lab in the U.S at John Hopkins University. |
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| Who was the first president of the APA. |
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| G.Stanely Hall was the first president of the APA. |
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| Who was the first women to be the president of the APA? |
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| Mary Calkins was the first women president of the APA. |
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| Who developed the theory of psychoanalysis? |
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| Sigmund Freud developed the theory of psychoanalysis. |
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| What is the definition of psychoanalysis? |
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| Psychoanalysis: emphasizes the role of unconcious conflit determine behavior and personality. |
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| What is the definition of behaviorism? |
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| Behaviorism: psychology should focus on overt or observable behavoir that could be measured and verified. |
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| What Psychologist created behaviorism? |
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| Behaviorism was created by Ivan Pavlov. |
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| What is the defintion of humanistic psychology? |
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| Humanistic psychology: emphasized the importance of self determination, free will, and human potential. |
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| What are the names of the two main advocates of humanistic psychology? |
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| Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are the two main advocates of humanistic psychology. |
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| What is the definition of the psychodynamic perspective? |
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| Psychodynamic perspective: emphasizes the importance of unconcious influences, early life experiences, and interpersonal relationships that explian of behavoir or treating people. |
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| What is the behavioral perspective? |
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| Behavioral perspective: is used to study how behavior is acquired by enviromental causes. It is also used to explain and treat a psychological disorder. |
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| What is the cross cultural perspective? |
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| Cross cultural perspective: is when cultural factors influence patterns of behavior. |
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| What is an example of cross cultural psychology? |
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| An example of cross cultural psychology is the way different cultures express their human qualities like where they sleep, what we eat, how we form families, and express sadness. |
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| What is the definition of indivdualistc cultures? |
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| Individualistic Cultures: emphasize the needs and goals of the indidvidual over the needs and goals of the group. |
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| What is the definition of a collectivist culture? |
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| Collectivist Culture: emphasizes the needs and goals of the group over the needs and goals of the individual. |
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| What is a clinical psychologist? |
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| A clinical psychologist study the causes, treatment, and prevention of different types of psychological disorder. |
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| Can Psychiatrist prescribe meadication? |
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| Yes psychiatrist can prescribe meadication. |
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Psychoanalyst: is a mental health professional with exstensive training in Freud's psychanalytic method of psychotherapy. |
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| What is industrial organizational psychology? |
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| Industrial organizational psychology: branch of psych that focuses on the study of human behavior at work. |
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| What is organizational behavior? |
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| Organizational behavior: focus on the organization and the social enviroment in which work affects people and their behaviors. |
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| What is the attribution theory? |
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| Attribution theory: we explain someone's behavior by crediting the situation or the persons disposition. |
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| What is an example for attitude? |
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| If we beleive someone is mean we may feel dislike towards that person and be unfreindly to them. |
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| What is the definition of the foot- in- the- door phenomenon? |
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| It is the tendency for people who have agreed to comply with a small request later comply to a larger request. |
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| What is an example for the foot- in- the-door phenomenon? |
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| During the Korean war many captures U.S soilders were imprisoned in war camps ran by chinese communist that instead of physically abusing U.S soilders they allowed the U.S soilders to run errands for them and once the war ended 21 prisoners chose to stay with the communist ans other U.S soilders were brainwashed. |
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| What is the definiton of conformity? |
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| Conformity: adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group. |
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| What is the definiton of normative social influence? |
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| Normative social influence: a person's desire to gain approval or disapproval. |
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| When we accept others' opinions about reality we are responding to what term? |
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| informational social influence |
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| What is the defintion of informational social influence? |
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| It is the willingness to accept others opinions about reality. |
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| What is the definition of social facilitation? |
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| A stronger response on a simple or well learned task in the prscence of others. |
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| What is an example of social facilitation? |
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| Basketball players often find their shot is on before an audience because they do even better when people are watching. |
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| What is the definintion of social loafing? |
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| Social loafing is the tendancy for people in a group to do less than if each group memeber was individualy accountable. |
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| What is the definition of group polarization? |
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| When people in a group discuss an idea that is favored or opposed. |
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| What is the definition of deindividuation? |
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| It is the loss of self awareness and restraint occuring in a group situation. |
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| What is the definition of culture? |
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| Culture is behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people that pass down information from generations. |
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| What is the definition of a norm? |
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| A norm is an understood rule for accpeted and expected beahavior. |
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| What is an example of a norm? |
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| Knowing wether to shake someones hand or kiss them when greeting one another. |
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| What is the definition of an ingroup. |
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| An ingroup is people who share a common identity. |
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| What is an example of an ingroup? |
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| C. Vivian Stringer versus Pat Summit. If I stand with C. Vivian Stringer and beleive she will win I am in the ingroup. |
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| What is the definition of the scape goat theory. |
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| Scape goat theory: prejudice offers an outlet for anger by blaming someone. |
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| What is the definition of the other race effect? |
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| The tendancy to recall faces of one's race more accurately than faces of other races. |
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| What is the just world phenomenon? |
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| The beleif that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get. |
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| What is the definition of the mere exposure effect? |
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| When repeatedly exposed to novel stimuli increases liking of them. |
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| When one harms their collective well being by pursuing their personal interests. |
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| What is the defintion of superordiante goals? |
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| Shared goals that override differenes among people that require their cooperation. |
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| What would be an example of a superordinate goal? |
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| The movie " Remember the Titans" combining both black and white players on a football team. Players come together to win a state championship. |
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| What is the definition of GRIT? |
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| GRIT is a strategy designed to decrease international tenions. |
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| What is the defintion of self fulfilling prophecy? |
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| A beleif that leads to its own fulfillmnt. |
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| What is the definiton of the word conflict? |
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| A conflit is a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas. |
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| What is the definition of altruism? |
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| "Unselfish regard for the welfare of others" |
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| What is the definiton of equity? |
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| People receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it. |
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