Intro Psych (Fall 2024 - Paul Bloom - Yale) Study Review Test.
mind - CORRECT ANSWER private inner experiences of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER observable actions of humans and nonhumans
William James () - CORRECT ANSWER Early American psychologi...
Intro Psych (Fall 2024 - Paul Bloom -
Yale) Study Review Test.
mind - CORRECT ANSWER private inner experiences of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER observable actions of humans and nonhumans
William James (1842-1910) - CORRECT ANSWER Early American psychologist - functionalist
nativism - CORRECT ANSWER the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn
(Plato) (nature)
philosophical empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER all knowledge is acquired through experience (Aristotle)
(nurture)
Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) - CORRECT ANSWER French scientist who believed that mental capacity
had to do with the size of the Brain; developed phrenology
Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (1794-1867) - CORRECT ANSWER showed that removing portions of the brain
affects behavior
Paul Broca (1824-1880) - CORRECT ANSWER linked "Broca's area" with language processing
Herman von Helmholtz (1821-94) - CORRECT ANSWER German scientist who researched stimulus and
reaction time, showed that reaction time was not instantaneous
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) - CORRECT ANSWER Originally Helmholtz's research assistant - credited
with the birth of psychology as an independent field - believed psychology should focus on the study of
consciousness - used a structuralist approach
, consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER a person's subjective experience of the world and the mind
structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER the analysis of basic elements that constitute the mind
introspection - CORRECT ANSWER the subjective observation of one's own experience
Edward Titchener (1867-1927) - CORRECT ANSWER American based British psychologist who attempted
to identify the individual elements of consciousness
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people
to adapt to their environment
natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER 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) - CORRECT ANSWER American psychologist who focused on development
and education; believed that the human child's development mimics the evolution of our species
hysteria - CORRECT ANSWER temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of
emotionally upsetting experiences
Charcot and Janet - CORRECT ANSWER French physicians who studied hysteria and hypnosis
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - CORRECT ANSWER
the unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER the part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness
but influences conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions.
psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes
in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
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