UW Madison Psych 202 Exam One (Answered;graded A+)

Psychology - The scientific study of the mind and behavior Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) - Scans which parts of brain are active Nativism - Certain kinds of knowledge are inborn Empiricism - Knowledge is acquired through experience Dualism - Mind and body are different things Wilhelm Wundt - Taught 1st psych class, studying the consciousness, empiricism Structuralism - Analysis of basic elements that constitute the mind Introspection - Has subjects report feelings about subjective experience Functionalism - Study of the function of the mind William James - Disagreed that consciousness could be analyzed part by part Natural Selection - Features of an organism that help it survive James' conclusion - Functions of psychological processes must be to survive Sigmund Freud - Thought we develop from our childhood experiencePsychoanalytic Theory - Importance of unconscious mental processes Psychoanalysis - Bringing unconscious material into the conscious to understand psychological disorders Humanistic Psychology - Approach to understand human nature that emphasizes the positive Behaviorism - Studying observable behavior John Watson - Supported behaviorism Stimulus - Sensory input from the environment Response - Reaction to stimulus B.F Skinner - Wanted to develop behaviorist principles that explained how animals learned how to do things, behaviorism Gestalt Psychology - Approach that emphasizes active role in generating perceptual experience, "whole" Cognitive Psychology - Scientific study of mental processes Behavioral Neuroscience - Approach that links psychological processes to activities in nervous system Cognitive Neuroscience - Understand the link between cognitive processes and brain activity Cross-Cultural Approaches - Behavior is only understood in the context of cultureTheory - A hypothetical explanation of a natural phenomenon Hypothesis - A falsifiable prediction made by a theory