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CogSci Exam #2

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Definition
Psychology   show
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show 1. Fetchner (elements of psychophysics) 2. Wundt (principles of physiological psychology (physiologist)  
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Fetchner (1860): Elements of Psychophysics   show
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show light waves, frequencies, amplitude  
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chemical compositions   show
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Psychological perceived properties   show
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show relating the physiology (functions of body) of the mind to the brain to behaviors - Broad, but unified science - By experimental method - Psychology as a science bc came from roots of science  
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Psychology scientific?   show
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Challenges of Psych   show
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What causes behaviors?   show
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Physical variables (of physical world)   show
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Psychological variables   show
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show - The subjective world of personal/ psychological EXPERIENCES - Non-scientific stuff (less observable) → ONLY be inferred from behaviors - Behaviors + thoughts can be caused by factors outside conscious awareness  
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show 1. Structuralism (Wundt) 2. Functionalism (James- 1890) 3. Gestalt (Wertheimer- 1912) 4. Psychodynamic Theory (Freud- 1915)  
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Structuralism (Wundt)   show
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Structuralism factors   show
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Study of Consciousness   show
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show looking inward/ inspect to examine something  
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Observed stimulus   show
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Immediate experience   show
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Mediated experience   show
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Stimulus error   show
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Functionalism (James)   show
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3 major themes (functionalism)   show
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Functionalism factors   show
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show focused attention; stream slows down  
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Transitive thought   show
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Gestalt Psychology (Wertheimer)   show
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Gestalt Contributions   show
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Perception   show
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Gestalt Laws + Principles   show
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show perceptual inputs stimulate neural activity Spontaneous grouping of parts into a perceptual whole  
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Emergence   show
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Psychodynamic Theory (Freud)   show
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show pleasure principle  
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ego   show
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superego   show
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agency   show
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show Against the notion of the mind/ unconscious as drivers → poorly defined Rejected introspection as a method → NOT scientific  
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Edward Thorndike & John B Watson   show
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observable behavior   show
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Pavlov (physiologist)   show
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show involuntary/ unlearned response → response to some stimulus  
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show as learning to associate to stimuli that occur together in time  
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Unconditioned stimulus (US)   show
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Unconditioned response (UR)   show
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show previous neutral stimulus Repeatedly paired w/ unconditioned stimulus → leads to response  
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show response to conditioned stimulus/ it is learned  
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Applications   show
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show Learning in which a behavior is effected by the consequences (rewards or punishments)  
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show first to study these mechanisms  
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Skinner (operant conditioning)   show
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Reinforcement   show
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show increase likelihood of response w/ presentation of an appetitive stimulus (reward-a positive reward) EX: dishes for allowance or animal learn how to press a bar for food  
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show increase likelihood of response by removing an adversive stimulus EX: dishes (child doesn’t do dishes= spanking) → child does dishes and stops yelling/ spanking  
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show process that will decrease the likelihood of a response  
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Positive punishment   show
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show removing/ taking away something that is desired or is wanted to stop a response EX: taking away phone or timeout (take away freedom)  
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show rewarding successive approximations (steps) → requires time (repeat actions) + patience - includes superstitious behavior  
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Level 1: The Contingencies of Survival involved in Natural Selection (NS)   show
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Level 2: The Contingencies of Reinforcement involved in the selection of individual behaviors   show
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show Social environment or culture sets requirements individuals are controlled by same contingencies that benefit the group --> anthropology + sociology  
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Skinner’s (ambitious) attempt to explain human behavioral phenomena (behaviors)   show
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show increase in frequency  
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OC behaviors can replace behaviors of natural selection   show
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show EX: Eating OR Over eating (bad foods for comfort) + Mating → sexual assult  
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Innate “social” behaviors (of NS) also can be replaced by OC   show
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Emergency of language   show
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show → traditions continue to benefit (maintained) → fear of change nothing new → no variations or new variation started but didn’t get selected Ergo, change occur → ONLY when new variations are selected  
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show Through shaping (excessive) EX: art, music, literature, science, etc  
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A special creator   show
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show due to reinforcement contingencies  
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Contingency   show
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show contingencies selected/ maintained EX: species do not have eyes to see better; members undergoing variation able to see better/ selected by survival  
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Memory “storage”   show
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Development stages   show
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Good   show
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show → kin selection (self-sacrifice) for species survival → heroes/ martyrs for culture survival  
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Morals & Ethics (depend on level of selection)   show
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No species adapt to the enviroment   show
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Not an individual adjusts to a situation   show
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show instead the circumstances select the cultural practices which yield a solution  
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show Change gene/ chromosomes → selective breeding; CRISPR Introduce new forms of behaviors Introduce new cultural practices or preserve/ revive traditional  
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Behaviorism (S-R Theory) Success   show
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Failures of Behaviorism   show
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show Mental processes exist/ can be scientifically studied → processor of info  
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show Interdisciplinary study of cognition in humans, animals, machines  
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Cog Psych (1967)   show
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show Neuroscience → study of the nervous system (interdisciplinary) Santiago Ramon y Cajal → Noble Prize (1906)  
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show neuron doctrine= neurons are independent units, nothing touches them/ they dont touch/ synaptic gap in between them  
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fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)   show
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show Examines cerebral blood flow/ sugar consumption in an area - uses radioactive glucose that traces form of diseases  
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EEG (electroencephalogram)   show
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TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)   show
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Spatial   show
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temporal   show
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Pyramidal cells   show
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Basket + Chandelier cells   show
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Cajal-Retzius cells   show
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Simple + Complex cells   show
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show in/ around hippocampus (memory) - fire when in exact place  
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Grid cells   show
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Time cells   show
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show Fire when taking action; observing same action Empathy, mimicking, theory of mind Motor cortex/ somatosensory cortex  
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show 1. Still don’t understand the neurons themselves 2. Glial cells (brings nutrients) 3. Neural circuitry 4. Interactions of genes/ molecules 5. Problem of interpretation 6. NO THEORY  
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