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Mind and Brain
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/27/2012

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Term
Psychology
Definition
scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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First laboratiory
Definition
1879
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Wihelm Wundt
Definition

Father of Modern Psycnology

introspection

structures of the mental process

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structuralism

 

Definition
Wundt approach to discovering the basic elements or structures of mental processes.
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Functionalism
Definition
Identify purposes or functions of the mind natural flow of thought through stream of consciousness.
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William James
Definition

American psychologists and philosher

Functinalism

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Evolution and Natural Selection

 

Definition

Charles Darwin

Natural selection is adaptive and functional

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Contemporary Approaches
Definition

BIOLOGICAL

BEHAVIORAL

PSYCHNODYNAMIC

HUMANISTIC

COGNTIVIE

EVOLUNTINARY

SOCIOCULTURAL

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NEUROSCIENCE
Definition
FOCUS ON BRAN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
Term
BEHAVIORAL APPROACH
Definition
EMPHASIS ON OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORAL REPSONSES AND ENVIROMENTAL DETERMINANTS JOHN WATSON
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PSYCHODYNAMIC
Definition

UNCONSCIOUS ON SEXUAL AND AGGRESSIVE IMPULSES

CHILHOOD

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HUMANISTIC APPROACH
Definition

POSITIVE HUMAN QUALITINES CAPACITY FOR POSITIVE GROWTH

FREEDOM OWN DENSITY. ROGERS AND MARSOLW

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COGNITIVE APPROACH
Definition
MENTAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN KNOWING THINKING SOLVING PROBLEMS.
Term
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Definition
SOMANTIC CORTEX
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EVOLUTINARY APPROACH
Definition

USED OF EVOLUTIONARY IDEAS

ADAPTION

REPRODUCTION

NATURAL SELECTION

HUMAN BEHAVIORS

Term
SOCIOCULTURAL
Definition
EXAMMATION OF WAYS IN WHICH SOCIAL CULTURAL ENVIROMENTS ACROSS COUNTRIES
Term
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Definition

OBSERVATTION

FORMULATING HYPOTHESIS

TESTING THROUGH EMPERICAL RESEARCH

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

EVALUTING CONCLUSIONS

Term
HYPOTHESIS
Definition

EDUCATED GUESS

IF AND THEN STATEMENTS

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DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
Definition
FINDING OUT ABOUT ABOUT THE SOME VARIABLE
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CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
Definition
DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIABLES
Term
DESCRIPTIVIE STATS
Definition

FREQUENCIES

TENDENCYS

DEPRESSION

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FREQUENCIES
Definition

HISTOGRAMS

CHARACTIEZES

MEMEBERS OF GROUPS

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