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Psychology 200 NOVA EXAM 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Solved Psychology - the scientific study of mind and behavior Mind - The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings. Behavior - Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals. 3 Key Que...

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Psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of mind and behavior

Mind - ✔✔The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts,

memories, and feelings.

Behavior - ✔✔Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman

animals.

3 Key Questions in Psychology - ✔✔How do we perceive the electrical and

chemical activity in our brains as things like thoughts, feelings, and

behavior?



How do our minds respond to, and learn from, the world around us so

quickly, and in ways that ensure our survival?

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What leads the mind to function so ineffectively in some people, such as in

those who experience hallucinations, dramatic mood swings, or intense

urges to end their own lives?

Nativism - ✔✔The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are

innate or inborn.

Does Nativism reflect "Nature" or "Nurture"? - ✔✔Nuture

How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body

connection? - ✔✔When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered

damage to a small part of the left side of the brain the patient was virtually

unable to speak yet was able to understand everything that was said and

could communicate using gestures. Broca had the crucial insight that

damage to a specific part of the brain impaired a specific mental function,

clearly demonstrating that the mind and body are linked.

Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its

first course and opening its first lab in 1879? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt

consciousness - ✔✔A person's subjective experience of the world and the

mind.

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How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time? -

✔✔He would train his human participants to respond after he applied

pressure. He would then use the time of the stimulus to the time reacted as

his basis for how long nerve impulses took to reach the brain and respond.

Structuralism - ✔✔The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the

mind.

Introspection - ✔✔The subjective observation of one's own experience.

What is the problem with using introspection as a research method? -

✔✔People see things differently due to their own experiences so using this

method for research would pose a problem since there would be no

consistency.

Functionalism - ✔✔The study of how mental processes enable people to

adapt to their environments.

William James ideas on how consciousness should be studied? - ✔✔He

thought of consciousness like a flowing stream and to understand it, you

needed to understand it in its entirety.

Wundt's ideas on how consciousness should be studied? - ✔✔He thought

consciousness could be broken down into separate elements.

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Charles Darwin's Theory (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.

Hysteria - ✔✔A temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a

result of emotionally upsetting experiences.

Unconscious - ✔✔The part of the mind that operates outside of conscious

awareness but influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔An approach that emphasizes the

importance of unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts,

and behaviors.

Psychoanalysis - ✔✔A therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing

unconscious material into conscious awareness to better understand

psychological disorders.

Criticism of Psychoanalysis - ✔✔The Victorian Era thought it was "dirty".

Nowadays we think its unscientific. People don't like it when You analyze

them.

Humanistic Psychology - ✔✔An approach to understanding human nature

that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings.

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