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Development Psychology - correct answers Universal Aspects of lifespan development from conception though death; identifies cultural variations - Explores physical, cognitive, social and emotional development - Looks at elements of continuity and change over time Prenatal Development - Germinal Phase - - correct answers conception - 2 weeks Zygote: fertilized egg divides and implants itself in the wall of the uterus Placenta: structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass into fe...

Frontal Lobe associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving Temporal Lobe - The portion of the cerebral cortex that is just above the ears and that is involved in hearing, language processing, and memory. -Contains Wernicke's Area Broca's Area portion of the left frontal lobe of the human brain that is specialized for language production Wernicke's Area specific area in the temporal lobe responsible for language comprehension ...

Psychology - correct answers The scientific study of mind and behavior Mind - correct answers The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings Behavior - correct answers Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals Nativism - correct answers The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn Philisophical Empiricism - correct answers The view that all knowledge is acquired through experience Phrenology - correct answ...

Hindsight Bias - Knew-it-all-along effect after something happens Overconfidence - We all tend to think we know more than we do. Three main components of the scientific attitude - Curiosity, Empirical Approach, Humility Critical Thinking - Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions- examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. Hypothesis - Testable prediction Operational Definition - Statement of procedure used to...

Schools of Thought - correct answers Empiricism, Structuralism, Functionalism, Behavioralism, Cognitive Revolution Empirism (Who and What) - correct answers John Locke All knowledge derived from sensory experience Mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa) Structuralism (Who and What) - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt and Titchener A method of introspection, interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience. Relied on personal description of experience ...

Structuralism - correct answers Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Introspection - correct answers The careful, systematic self-observation of one's own conscious experience. Functionalism - correct answers Based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. Natural Selection - correct answers Describes ...

Psychology - correct answers The scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior. Multiply Determined - correct answers There is more than one influence; hard to isolate one specific factor. Individual Differences - correct answers Variations among people in their thinking, emotion, personality, and behavior. Naive Realism - correct answers The belief that we see the world exactly how it is. "Seeing is believing" Empiricism - correct answers The idea that predictions should first...

father of modern psychology - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt - made a campaign to make psychology an independent discipline rather than a branch of philosophy or physiology introspection - correct answers to examine contents of consciousness: observation of one's mental processes (self-observation) structuralism - correct answers task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how elements are related (Edward Titchener) functionalism - correct an...

What is psychology? - correct answers The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior What does psychology reflect the influences of? - correct answers • Biological processes • Individual differences (gender, pain) • Time and culture (we continue to learn more) What are the four goals of psychology? - correct answers • Describe how people and animals behave • Understand and explain the causes of behavior • Predict behaviors/reactions across situations • Con...

Phrenology - correct answers We no longer use this. Feels for bumps and curves on the head in order to tell a persons intelligence or weakness, along with deviance and criminal possibility. the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities. Influence of psychology - correct answers Biology and philosophy Wilhelm Wundt - correct answers first psychological lab in 1879 studied basic mental processing, the mind Edward T...