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Introduction chapter in IB psych

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What is "trephination"?
stone age tradition, cut holes
What is "trephination"?   stone age tradition, would make holes in head to release evil spirits (schizophrenia cure)  
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What did Plato contribute to?   theory, mind (thought), and behavior. Relationships, too.  
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What was Descartes main phrase?   "I think therefore I am"  
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What was the main idea of John Locke?   the tabula rasa, or blank slate of mind. (You're born with a completely blank mind, then imprinted with experiences)  
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What did Max Wertheimer believe?   the whole experience is more important than just the sum of the parts of experience. CONTEXT is important  
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What is the psychoanalytic perspective?   -Early experience, childhood trauma -unconscious mind -conflicts -repressed memories  
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Who was the important person in the psychoanalytic perspective?   Sigmund Freud -thought people, given free will, will make selfish and evil choices  
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What is the behavioral/learning perspective?   -Conditioning associations -observational Learning -aggression -rewards/reinforcements  
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Important people in behavioral/learning?   PAVLOV WATSON **BANDURA** skinner  
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Skinner   Rewards and reinforcements, behavioral/learning  
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Pavlov   Made the dog salivate by ringing a bell every time there was food, and then took the food away and only rang the bell, making the dog hungry. Behavioral/learning, conditioning associations  
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Watson   Took a kid named little albert, placed him with a bunny and would scare him (with a gong) every time the bunny was around. Lil albert then became terrified of rabbits, even when the gong was no longer used. Behavioral/learning, conditioning associations  
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Bandura   kids sit in a room & watch an adult play with a bobo doll, 1 group watched the adult be mean&the others watched the adult be nice,& the groups acted however they saw the adult act with the bobo doll. Behavioral/learning, observational learning, aggression  
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Biological perspective   Genes Brain Nervous system Neurons Neurotransmitters  
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Important people in Biological perspective?   Gazzanaga (split brain), Darwin  
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Humanism perspective   People are good When given free will, people will choose good We all just want to belong OPPOSITE of freud, (psychoanalytic)  
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Evolutionary perspective   (Darwin) Natural selection, survival of the fittest  
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Cognitive perspective   Memory Perception Thinking Language (process, contain, absorb and come back to information) IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Piaget, Loftus  
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Social-Cultural Perspective   Influence of people and groups (example: religion) The behavior and thinking varying from situations and cultures  
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Zimbardo   Social-cultural, did the experiment where he put college students in a fake prison  
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Milgram   Allowed teachers and such to administer "shock' to people for wrong answers  
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Eclectic   Little bit of every perspective, used today  
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Nature Vs. Nurture   The debate over whether you are who you are because of your environment, or because of your set genes  
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Stability and Change   The debate over whether peoples personalities change over time or if they keep their personality their entire life  
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Rationality and Irrationality   Why people choose to ignore facts and do irrational things  
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Psychiatrist   Administers drugs, works more with medical/biological, and has an M.D.  
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Psychologists (as opposed to psychiatrist)   counsels, does not administer drugs, has a P.h.D  
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Basic research   Increase knowledge base, -(bio link between brain and behavior) -Development -Abilities from birth to death  
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Applied research   Knowledge applied to solve real world problems -industrial/organizational (used to market)  
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Empiricism   Knowledge only comes from experience  
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Structuralism   -introspection -used to explore elemental structure of the mind mentally. important person: wilhelm wundt  
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functionalism   focused on HOW mental and behavioral processes work, how they enable organisms to adapt, survive,& flourish imp. person: william james  
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biosychosocial   integrated perspective, incorporates biological, psychological, social cultural lvls of analysis  
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