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Behaviorism: the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
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Chaining: BF.Skinner; method of teaching by making humans to more and more to get a reward
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Declarative memory: Memory of knowledge that can be called forth consciously as needed
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Eidetic memory: photographic memory
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Episodic memory: memory for episodes in your own life
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flynn effect: IQ scores have steadily gone up from generation to generation
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forensic psychologist: applies psychological concepts to legal issues
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Functionalism: ability to adapt to ones enviornment
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Gestaltism: filling in the blanks
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introspection: Taking a good look at yourself
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John Locke: who belived in Nurture; Tabula Rosa=blank slate
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nature vs nurture: nature- you inherit traits. nurture- you learn your traits while growing up
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Negative Reinforcement: Taking some thing bad away as a reward ex.Homework
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operant conditioning: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
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phrenology: Study of skulss that can help predict ones personality traits
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Plato: who belived in Nature
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Positive Reinforcement: Giving someone something they want as a reward ex.Candy
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premack (punishment Avoidence): believed that all responses to any action should be thought of as potential reinforcers
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Primary reinforcement: something necessary for psychological/physical survival that is used as a reward
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Procedural memory: memory of learned skills that dont need recollection ex talking
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psychoanalysis: a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
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psychotic: loses touch with reality
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secondary reinforcement: something that isnt necessary for psychological/physical survival that is only a luxury used as a reward
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Semantic memory: memory for general knowledge
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Shaping: BF.Skinner; method of teaching by making animals to more and more to get a reward
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Sigmund Freud: Unconscious mind; Founder of psychoanalysis
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Stimulus discrimination: Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli
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Structuralism: an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
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teratogen: toxins in the enviornment that can effect fetal development
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The greeks: first to start thinking about human behavior and believed all men(humans) are rational
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trephining: practice in which holes were drilled into the skull in an attempt to release evil spirits
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Wilhem Wundt: German philosopher; created first psych lab
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William James: wrote principles of psychology; founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment