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PSYCH 101- General Psychology Chapter 1 Questions with accurate answers, rated A Define Psychology - ✔✔The scientific study of mind and behavior. Define Mind - ✔✔Private inner experien... ce Define Behavior - ✔✔Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals. Who was William James? (1842-1910) - ✔✔First to take a scientific approach to psychology. Define Structuralism - ✔✔Analyze the mind by breaking it down to basic components Define Functionalism - ✔✔Study how mental abilities allow people to adapt to their environments Define Nativism - ✔✔The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn. Define Philosophical Empiricism - ✔✔The Philosophical view that all knowledge is acquired through experience. Latin: What does Tabula Rosa mean? - ✔✔Blank Slate Rene' Descartes (1596-1650) - ✔✔French philosopher that argued for dualism between mind and body. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) - ✔✔Argued against Descartes Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) - ✔✔Created Phrenology Define Phrenology - ✔✔A now defunct theory that specific mental abilities and characteristics are localized in specific regions of the brain. Pierre Flourens (1794-1867) - ✔✔Surgically removed brain pieces; argued against Gall's methods. Paul Broca (1824-1880) - ✔✔Studied brain damaged patients (left frontal lobe) to link localization to ability. Define Physiology - ✔✔The study of biological processes, especially in the human body. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) - ✔✔Studied human reaction time; estimated the length of nerve impulses. Define Stimulus - ✔✔Sensory input from the environment Define Reaction Time - ✔✔The amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulus Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) - ✔✔Opened the first Psychological laboratory. Define Consciousness - ✔✔A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind. Define Structuralism - ✔✔The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind. Define Introspection - ✔✔The subjective observation of one's own experience Edward Titchner (1867-1927) - ✔✔Studied under Wundt; focused on identifying basic elements of the mind. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) - ✔✔inspired James Define Natural Selection - ✔✔The features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed on to subsequent generations G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) - ✔✔Set up first psychological laboratory in North America; focused on development and education. Founded the American Journal of Psychology. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), Pierre Janet (1859-1947) - ✔✔Studied hysteric patients through hypnosis. Define Hysteria - ✔✔A temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - ✔✔Hysteria caused from painful unconscious experiences. Define Unconscious - ✔✔The part of the mind that operates outside of awareness but influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions. Define Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Approach to understand human behavior that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Define Psychoanalysis - ✔✔A therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorders. [Show More]

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