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A temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences.
o Patients became blind, paralyzed, or lost their memories without physical cause. However, under hypnosis, the symptoms would disappear. |
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| A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts. |
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Structuralism
• Father of modern psychology
• Established first psychology lab – 1879
• Introspection- Observe some phenomenon and introspect how they experienced that phenomenon |
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Functionalism
Father of American Psychology |
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The classification of mental strutures
Chopped up pieces |
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The study of the function of the mind
A stream
Influenced by natural selection |
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Behaviorism
Believed if you could control an individuals experiences you could control their behavior
proposed psychologists focus entirely on the study of behavior- what people do rather than what people experience. |
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Behaviorism
Looking at how the consequences of a behavior affect the likelihood of that behavior happening again. |
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Psychoanalysis
Study of the unconscious aspects of the mind
Mind as an iceberg |
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| The scientific study of behavior and its environmental determinants |
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| Sigmund Freud’s approach to understanding human behavior that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. |
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| An approach to see how the brain works and how that correlates to thinking. |
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A field that attempts to understand the links between cognitive processes and brain activity.
Biological Approaches? |
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| Information Processing Approach |
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| Looking at the mind as a computer |
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| Cross-cultural Approaches |
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| We can only understand behavior in the context of culture, ethnicity, and gender |
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| Evolutionary Explanations |
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| Adaptions- inherited solutions that have been naturally selected because they contribute to reproductive success. |
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