PSYCH 10000 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
psychology - Answers -the scientific study of behavior and mindq
mind - Answers -set of private events that happen inside a person (thoughts and
feelings)
behavior - Answers -set of public events (things we say and do that can be observed)
psychophysics - Answers -how do changes in the physical world relate to our
experience
absolute threshold - Answers -the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular
stimulus 50 percent of the time
philosophical dualism - Answers -the belief that mind (soul) and matter are two
completely different kinds of reality.
philosophical materialism - Answers -view that all mental phenomena are reducible to
physical phenomena.
the mind is what the brain does (mind=brain)
philosophical realism - Answers -perceptions of the physical world are produced
entirely by info from the sensory organs
simple (brain uses only eyes to perceive world)
philosophical idealism - Answers -perceptions of the physical world are the brain's
interpretation of info from the sensory organs
more complex (brain uses info from eyes plus all other info about the world to perceive)
philosophical empiricism - Answers -the view that all knowledge is acquired through
experience
baby is born a blank slate
philosophical nativism - Answers -the view that some knowledge is innate rather than
acquired
we are born with the basics that allow us to acquire more
structuralism - Answers -An approach to psychology that attempted to isolate and
analyze the mind's basic elements (Wundt)
use introspection
tried to ascertain the elementary particles of mental experience (periodic table of mental
experience)
perception is the sum of its parts
, introspection - Answers -the analysis of subjective experience by trained observers
functionalism - Answers -an approach to psychology that emphasized the adaptive
significance of mental processes (James)
natural selection: psychological traits work the same way as physical ones
unconscious inference - Answers -Helmholtz's idea that some of our perceptions are
the result of unconscious assumptions that we make about the environment.
Physchoanalytic Theory - Answers -a general theory that emphasizes the influence of
the unconscious on feelings, thoughts, and behaviors (Freud)
psychoanalysis - Answers -a therapy that aims to give people insight into the contents
of their unconscious minds
behaviorism - Answers -an approach to psychology that restricts scientific inquiry to
observable behavior (stimuli, responses, consequences)
the mind does not matter
gestalt psychology - Answers -an approach to psychology that emphasized the way in
which the mind creates perceptual experience
the whole is different than the sum of its parts
cognitive representation - Answers -human ability to form mental models of the world
cannot fully understand psychology without internal states
the mind is like the software and the brain is the hardware
developmental psychology - Answers -the study of ways in which psychological
phenomena change over the life span
social psychology - Answers -the study of the causes and consequences of sociality.
cognitive neuroscience - Answers -the study of the relationship between the brain and
the mind
behavioral neuroscience - Answers -the study of the relationship between the brain and
behavior (especially in non-human animals)
cultural psychology - Answers -the study of how cultures influences mental life
interoception - Answers -constantly perceiving and attending to our inner worlds
neural systems designed to process sensory input from the body's internal milieu
(temperature and pain)
exteroception - Answers -psychology has been obsessed with externally-focused tasks
neural systems designed to process input from the external world (vision,touch)
psychology - Answers -the scientific study of behavior and mindq
mind - Answers -set of private events that happen inside a person (thoughts and
feelings)
behavior - Answers -set of public events (things we say and do that can be observed)
psychophysics - Answers -how do changes in the physical world relate to our
experience
absolute threshold - Answers -the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular
stimulus 50 percent of the time
philosophical dualism - Answers -the belief that mind (soul) and matter are two
completely different kinds of reality.
philosophical materialism - Answers -view that all mental phenomena are reducible to
physical phenomena.
the mind is what the brain does (mind=brain)
philosophical realism - Answers -perceptions of the physical world are produced
entirely by info from the sensory organs
simple (brain uses only eyes to perceive world)
philosophical idealism - Answers -perceptions of the physical world are the brain's
interpretation of info from the sensory organs
more complex (brain uses info from eyes plus all other info about the world to perceive)
philosophical empiricism - Answers -the view that all knowledge is acquired through
experience
baby is born a blank slate
philosophical nativism - Answers -the view that some knowledge is innate rather than
acquired
we are born with the basics that allow us to acquire more
structuralism - Answers -An approach to psychology that attempted to isolate and
analyze the mind's basic elements (Wundt)
use introspection
tried to ascertain the elementary particles of mental experience (periodic table of mental
experience)
perception is the sum of its parts
, introspection - Answers -the analysis of subjective experience by trained observers
functionalism - Answers -an approach to psychology that emphasized the adaptive
significance of mental processes (James)
natural selection: psychological traits work the same way as physical ones
unconscious inference - Answers -Helmholtz's idea that some of our perceptions are
the result of unconscious assumptions that we make about the environment.
Physchoanalytic Theory - Answers -a general theory that emphasizes the influence of
the unconscious on feelings, thoughts, and behaviors (Freud)
psychoanalysis - Answers -a therapy that aims to give people insight into the contents
of their unconscious minds
behaviorism - Answers -an approach to psychology that restricts scientific inquiry to
observable behavior (stimuli, responses, consequences)
the mind does not matter
gestalt psychology - Answers -an approach to psychology that emphasized the way in
which the mind creates perceptual experience
the whole is different than the sum of its parts
cognitive representation - Answers -human ability to form mental models of the world
cannot fully understand psychology without internal states
the mind is like the software and the brain is the hardware
developmental psychology - Answers -the study of ways in which psychological
phenomena change over the life span
social psychology - Answers -the study of the causes and consequences of sociality.
cognitive neuroscience - Answers -the study of the relationship between the brain and
the mind
behavioral neuroscience - Answers -the study of the relationship between the brain and
behavior (especially in non-human animals)
cultural psychology - Answers -the study of how cultures influences mental life
interoception - Answers -constantly perceiving and attending to our inner worlds
neural systems designed to process sensory input from the body's internal milieu
(temperature and pain)
exteroception - Answers -psychology has been obsessed with externally-focused tasks
neural systems designed to process input from the external world (vision,touch)
