Flashcards : Foundations of Modern Psychology — 24 cartes

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1Question

Prosopagnosia — definition?

Réponse

Inability to recognize faces due to brain damage.

2Question

Face recognition — brain region?

Réponse

Localized mainly in the right temporal lobe.

3Question

Attribution error — description?

Réponse

Overestimating personality traits, underestimating situational factors.

4Question

Overjustification effect — cause?

Réponse

External rewards diminish intrinsic motivation.

5Question

Childhood amnesia — age?

Réponse

Memory loss before age 3.

6Question

Media violence — effect?

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Increases aggression in children.

7Question

Wundt's contribution — key?

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Founded first psychology lab; introduced introspection.

8Question

Structuralism — focus?

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Analyzing mental structure into basic elements.

9Question

Functionalism — focus?

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Studying mental processes' purposes and functions.

10Question

Behaviorism — main idea?

Réponse

Study observable behavior, ignore mental states.

11Question

Stimulus-response — framework?

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Behavior as a reaction to environmental stimuli.

12Question

Gestalt psychology — principle?

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Perception organized into meaningful wholes.

13Question

Gestalt — founder?

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Max Wertheimer.

14Question

Psychoanalysis — founder?

Réponse

Sigmund Freud.

15Question

Freud — unconscious?

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Contains repressed desires influencing behavior.

16Question

Psychoanalytic stages — focus?

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Childhood phases shaping personality.

17Question

Modern psychology — key?

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Integrates neuroscience, cognition, and behavior.

18Question

Cognitive psychology — study?

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Mental processes like perception and memory.

19Question

Information-processing — model?

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Mind as a computer: encode, store, retrieve.

20Question

Biological + experiential — view?

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Both shape human behavior and development.

21Question

Neuroscience advances — example?

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fMRI reveals brain activity linked to cognition.

22Question

Wundt's lab — significance?

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Birth of experimental psychology as science.

23Question

Structuralism vs Functionalism — difference?

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Structuralism analyzes parts; functionalism studies purposes.

24Question

Behaviorism vs Psychoanalysis — contrast?

Réponse

Behaviorism focuses on observable actions; psychoanalysis on unconscious motives.

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