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Module 2 AP Psych
Module 2 AP Psych Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cognitive Psychology | This continues the exploration of how we perceive process and remember information and how thinking impacts other disorders |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | The combination of science of the mind and science of the brain |
| Psychology | its contribution was the science of behavior and mental processes |
| Wilhelm Wundt | He was a philosopher and a physiologist |
| Williams James | Was an American philosopher |
| Ivan Pavlov | his contribution was pioneering the study of learning |
| Jean Piaget | He contributed many things as one of the most influential observers of children |
| The nature-Nurture Issue | This was, created by Socrates and Plato, debate that we inherit character and intelligence and that certain ideas are also there before we are born. Aristotle argued that nothing in the mind came before our external world experiences |
| John Locke | He rekindled the debate to say that the mind is a blank slate on which experience writes |
| Rene Decartes | He disagreed with Locke and stated that some ideas are innate |
| Charles Darwin and Natural Selection | During his round the world trip he explained that the environment goes through a process of natural selection to best enable an organism's survival |
| Evolutionary Psychology | The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection |
| Behavior genetics | The study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior |
| Culture | Shared ideas and natures that on generation passes onto the next |
| Positive Psychology | This is the study of human flourishing |
| Biopsychosocial Approach | This offers a more complete picture of any given behavior or mental process |
| Biological psychology | The study of the links between biological and psychological processes |
| Behavioral psychology | This is the scientific study of observable behavior |
| Humanistic psychology | It emphasized human growth potential |
| Social-culture psychology | the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior |
| Psychodynamic psychology | This is where the behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts |
| Testing effect | this is a way of retrieving information to memory rather than simply rereading it |
| SQ3R | A study method with 5 steps: Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review |
| Spaced Practice | to study for a certain period instead of cramming at the last minute |
| Massed Practice | Cramming all your studying at one time |
| Over learn | This improves retention by overstimulating how much we know |
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