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PSYCH-01 SJSU Gregory Feist
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Roots of Psychology
✓ Philosophy, Medicine, and Physics
Adaptive mind perspective
✓ ability to solve the problems that are unique to your environment
evolved mind
✓ responsible for the particular set of behaviours that humans or animals
have in response to various evolutionary circumstances
Mind-Body Dualism
✓ Mental is related to Physical; mind controls body and they are separate
Tabula rasa
✓ A clean slate; all knowledge comes from experience or perception
Darwin's natural selection
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✓ Organisms best adapted to environment survives or evolve to survive
Scientific Method
✓ Observe, Predict, Test, Interpret, and Communicate
Weber
✓ Size of JND is a constant fraction of the intensity of the stimulus
Structuralism
✓ Breaking down experience into elemental parts offers best way to
understand thought and behavior
Functionalism
✓ Better to look at why the mind works the way it does than to describe
its parts
Gestalt
✓ says we perceive things as wholes rather than parts
Behaviorism
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✓ Proposed that psychology can be a true science only if it examines
observable behavior, not ideas, thoughts, feelings, or motives
Psychoanalysis
✓ a clinically based approach to understanding and treating
psychological disorders; assumes that the unconscious mind is the most
powerful force behind thought and behavior
Cognitive Revolution
✓ 1950s and 1960s, computer models were used to model human minds
Major Subdisciplines in Psychology
✓ Cognitive, Developmental, Behavioral Neuroscience & Genetics,
Health, Personality, Social, Clinical, Industrial/Organizational, Forensic
Drug Treatment
✓
evolutionary psychology
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✓ the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of
natural selection
neuroscience
✓ how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory
experiences; scientific study of neurons
Cognitive Psychology
✓ How we perceive, think, remember
Developmental Psychology
✓ How thought and behavior change from birth to death
Behavioral Neuroscience & Genetics
✓ How brain function and genetics are involved in learning, emotion,
social behavior, and mental illness
Health Psychology
✓ How psychological factors influence physical health and illness
Personality Psychology
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PSYCH-01 SJSU Gregory Feist
Questions and Correct Verified
Answers Latest Version
Roots of Psychology
✓ Philosophy, Medicine, and Physics
Adaptive mind perspective
✓ ability to solve the problems that are unique to your environment
evolved mind
✓ responsible for the particular set of behaviours that humans or animals
have in response to various evolutionary circumstances
Mind-Body Dualism
✓ Mental is related to Physical; mind controls body and they are separate
Tabula rasa
✓ A clean slate; all knowledge comes from experience or perception
Darwin's natural selection
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✓ Organisms best adapted to environment survives or evolve to survive
Scientific Method
✓ Observe, Predict, Test, Interpret, and Communicate
Weber
✓ Size of JND is a constant fraction of the intensity of the stimulus
Structuralism
✓ Breaking down experience into elemental parts offers best way to
understand thought and behavior
Functionalism
✓ Better to look at why the mind works the way it does than to describe
its parts
Gestalt
✓ says we perceive things as wholes rather than parts
Behaviorism
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✓ Proposed that psychology can be a true science only if it examines
observable behavior, not ideas, thoughts, feelings, or motives
Psychoanalysis
✓ a clinically based approach to understanding and treating
psychological disorders; assumes that the unconscious mind is the most
powerful force behind thought and behavior
Cognitive Revolution
✓ 1950s and 1960s, computer models were used to model human minds
Major Subdisciplines in Psychology
✓ Cognitive, Developmental, Behavioral Neuroscience & Genetics,
Health, Personality, Social, Clinical, Industrial/Organizational, Forensic
Drug Treatment
✓
evolutionary psychology
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✓ the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of
natural selection
neuroscience
✓ how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory
experiences; scientific study of neurons
Cognitive Psychology
✓ How we perceive, think, remember
Developmental Psychology
✓ How thought and behavior change from birth to death
Behavioral Neuroscience & Genetics
✓ How brain function and genetics are involved in learning, emotion,
social behavior, and mental illness
Health Psychology
✓ How psychological factors influence physical health and illness
Personality Psychology
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