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Who began first experimental phsychology labratory in 1879
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Wilhelm Wundt
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the analysis of one's own conscious experiences
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introspection
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examines the structure of the mind and concern with reducing experience to its basic parts
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Structuralism
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Functionalism
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propoese the study of how the mind adapts us to our environment influenced by charles darwin
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stressed on observable behavior
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behaviorism
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phsychoanalysis
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study of unconscious mental prcesses; people are driven by secual urges nad most emotional conflucts date back to ealy chldhood experinces
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Gestalt
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perception and stimuli is percieved as whole entities rather than parts put together
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Humanistic
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Humans have normal potential for personal growth-free will, make own choices, uniquesness
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Cognitive
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internal mental reperesentations that are used in perceiving, remembering
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behaviorist perspective
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personality is a collection of learned behavior patterns
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phsychoanalysis
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study of unconscious mental prcesses; people are driven by secual urges nad most emotional conflucts date back to ealy chldhood experinces
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Gestalt
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perception and stimuli is percieved as whole entities rather than parts put together
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Humanistic
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Humans have normal potential for personal growth-free will, make own choices, uniquesness
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Cognitive
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internal mental reperesentations that are used in perceiving, remembering
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behaviorist perspective
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personality is a collection of learned behavior patterns
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Skinner
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Everything person does is based on past and present and reward and punishment
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social theorist
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bandura, mischel and rotter
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bandura
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learning occurs by observing what others do and self efficacy
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Mischel
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behave occording to situation
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Rotter
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personality is determined by a person's generalized expectations about future outcomes and reinforcement
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medulla
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top of spinal cord controls vital organisms- breathing, heart rate, blood pressure.
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Pons
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conncects lower brain regions with higer brain regions, regulate sensory information
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cerebullum
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controls movement, cordination, balance,
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reticular activating system
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activity in hindbrain and amintains a state of arousal, essential for reulation of sleep and wakefullness
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mindbrain
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ralys sensory information bewteen hindbrain and forebrain
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forebrain
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contains the cerebrum which is divided up into four lobes
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limbic system
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structures taht control the emotion, motivation, and memory contains the amygdlal and hippocampus
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corpus callosum
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connects the right and left cerebral hemisphere
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hypothalmus
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regulates the pituitary gland
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thalamus
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translates information from all of the senses
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three stages of prenatal development
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ovum or germinal
embryo fetus |
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teratogens
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agents that may cross the placental barrier from mother to embryo/fetus, causing abnormalities
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embryo stage
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critical period because a lot of vital organs are developing at this time
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new born
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neonates
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proximodistal principle
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center-outward direction of motor development-gain control of torso before their extremities-sit before stand
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sephalocaudal principle
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head to foot direction of motor development. gain control of their upper body before lower e.g. can reach before walk
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developmental norms
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average age at which children display varous abilites
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concept
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label that represents a class or group of objects, people, or events that share common characteristics
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analog code
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representation that closely resembles the physical object.
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proposition
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abstract descriptions and used to create an image
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