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fields of Psych
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Psychology
12th Grade
08/29/2010

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Structuralism
Definition
collecting information about the conscious mind. how one thought leads to another
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Structuralism: Person
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Wundt- father of psych
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Functionalism
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study of how animals and people adapt to their environments; built on Darwinism and evolution
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Functionalism: Person
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James-first US psychologist, how conscious mind affects behavior
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Psychoanalysis
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analysis of unconscious mind
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Psychoanalysis: Person
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Freud
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Gestalt
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organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes; proximity, similarity, continuity
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Gestalt: Person
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Wertheimer
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Behaviorism
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study of observable behavior
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Behaviorism: Person1
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Watson- stimuli and responses
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Behaviorism: Person2
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Skinner- reinforcement
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Behaviorism: Person3
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Pavlov- Russian pioneer
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Humanism
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outside forces are a background to internal growth; unique, self concept, potential to develop
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Humanism: Person
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Maslow- we are in control of our own development
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Cognitive
Definition
an organism's thinking and understanding
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Cognitive: Person
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Piaget- brain programmed to learn at a certain rate
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Inherited Traits
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all traits passed on from parents
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Inherited Traits: Person
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Galton-intelligence gene
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Biological
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brain, nervous system, hormones, genes influence behavior
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Sociocultural
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influence of culture and ethnic similarities, differences, how age, gender, race affect behavior
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Sociocultural
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