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Which learning perspective corresponds to the black box theory?
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behaviourism
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Describe behaviourism.
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- mind treated as a black box
- complex modes of our brain cannot/should not be studied, only external behaviour - father: John B. Watson |
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Which does behaviourism favour, nature or nurture?
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nurture (environment)
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Which early school of thought involves introspection?
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structuralism
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What is introspection?
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experimenters trained subjects to carefully observe and report their own experiences
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How did structuralists approach consciousness?
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tried to dissect it into individual elements
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How did functionalists view consciousness?
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"stream of consciousness," not everything can be captured by test results
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What is cognitive psychology?
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Uses models to construct abstract representation of how the mind functions.
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The single memory model is an example of which type of psychology?
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cognitive
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"The generation of music is more than speaker components." Which theory associated with neuroscience psychology does this statement disagree with?
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reductionism - all human behaviour can be reduced to the biology of our brain
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Differentiate between developmental and evolutionary and developmental psychology.
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ev- behaviour develops over many generations
dev- behaviour develops over time |
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What is traid theory? Which type of psych does this correspond with?
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- negative thoughts centered around the self, one's surroundings and one's future
- cognitive |
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What is personalization and which type of psych does it correspond to?
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person believes that the bad things that happend to them are their fault, cognitive
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What is a paradigm shift? Give an example.
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a drastic change in thinking ex. when Copernicus challenged the idea that the Earth is at the centre of the universe
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What is the practice effect? Which type of experimental design can this occur under?
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- improved performance over course of an experiment due to becoming more experienced
- within subjects design |
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Describe a within-subjects design.
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Manipulating the independant variable within each participant to minimize the effect of external variabls on the dependent measure,
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Describe a between subjects design.
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One group of subjects receive experimental manipulation, the other acts as the control.
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What is a confounding variable?
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A variable other than the independent variable that has an effect on the results.
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