Prosopagnosia — definition?
Inability to recognize faces due to brain damage.
Face recognition — brain region?
Localized mainly in the right temporal lobe.
Attribution error — description?
Overestimating personality traits, underestimating situational factors.
Overjustification effect — cause?
External rewards diminish intrinsic motivation.
Childhood amnesia — age?
Memory loss before age 3.
Media violence — effect?
Increases aggression in children.
Wundt's contribution — key?
Founded first psychology lab; introduced introspection.
Structuralism — focus?
Analyzing mental structure into basic elements.
Functionalism — focus?
Studying mental processes' purposes and functions.
Behaviorism — main idea?
Study observable behavior, ignore mental states.
Stimulus-response — framework?
Behavior as a reaction to environmental stimuli.
Gestalt psychology — principle?
Perception organized into meaningful wholes.
Gestalt — founder?
Max Wertheimer.
Psychoanalysis — founder?
Sigmund Freud.
Freud — unconscious?
Contains repressed desires influencing behavior.
Psychoanalytic stages — focus?
Childhood phases shaping personality.
Modern psychology — key?
Integrates neuroscience, cognition, and behavior.
Cognitive psychology — study?
Mental processes like perception and memory.
Information-processing — model?
Mind as a computer: encode, store, retrieve.
Biological + experiential — view?
Both shape human behavior and development.
Neuroscience advances — example?
fMRI reveals brain activity linked to cognition.
Wundt's lab — significance?
Birth of experimental psychology as science.
Structuralism vs Functionalism — difference?
Structuralism analyzes parts; functionalism studies purposes.
Behaviorism vs Psychoanalysis — contrast?
Behaviorism focuses on observable actions; psychoanalysis on unconscious motives.
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