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Introduction to psychology
Introduction to Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/21/2012

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Term
philo
Definition
ancient greek word meaning love
Term
sophia
Definition
ancient greek word meaning wisdom
Term
psyche
Definition
ancient Greek word
meaning soul .
Term
logos
Definition
ancient Greek word meaning
"word" or "particular kind
of speaking. "
Term
psychology
Definition
the science of behavior and
mental processes .
Term
science
Definition
an approach to knowledge based
on systematic observation.
Term
behavior
Definition
actions of individuals that are
directly observable and
measurable.
Term
mental processes
Definition
activities within the minds of
individuals that may be broadly
categorized as perception,
emotion, or cognition.
Term
perception
Definition
very generally, refers to
awareness of the body and
environment
Term
emotion
Definition
refers to feelings, which
usually imply motivational
tendencies.
Term
cognition
Definition
refers to thoughts, memories,
imaginations,imagery,dreams
and so forth .
Term
conscious mental processes
Definition
perceptions, emotions, and
cognitions said to be within
the conscious awareness of
individuals and that can be
described or reported to others
Term
consciousness
Definition
comprised of mental processes
within conscious awareness.
They may be described or
reported.
Term
unconscious mental processes
Definition
perceptions, emotions, and
cognitions not within
conscious awareness (and
that therefore cannot be
described or reported) .
Term
early schools of psychology
Definition
early in psychology, groups
of psychologists with different
views about the subject matter
of psychology and how it should
be studied
Term
structuralism
Definition
early school of psychologists
who believed psychologists
should identify the elements
of consciousness.
Term
tridimensional theory of feeling
Definition
Wundt's theory that the many
feelings of a person can be
described by just three
dimensions of emotion: arousal,
pleasure vs displeasure, and
control vs helplessness.
Term
functionalism
Definition
early school of psychologists
who believed psychologists
should study the functions
of consciousness.
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