Psychology 110 - Test 1 - Unit 1

Psychology 11 0 - Test

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Two types of mental disorders
Functional - "learned in" Organic - etiology 9cause) person is suffering th symptoms - from physiological problem
2 markers of depression
1st marker - AHYDRONIA - the inability to feel good 2nd marker - PSYCHOMOTOR retardation
Learned In Behavior - there is a pay off for the behavior
Functional Disorder
Behavioral Stop Sign
Frontal Lobe of Brain
FIVE MAJOR APPROACHES
1. Biological 2. Psychodynamic - Freud 3. Behavioral - Watson 4. Cognitive 5. Humanistic - Carl Rogers
When, where, and by who - was Psychology born
Born as an individual disipline in 1879 - in Leepsig, Germany - by Wilhelm Wundt
Definition of SCIENCE
A set of Rules for How to Look at Things
We have a basic need to ..........?
KNOW
The more you _ _ _ _ Leads to the ability to make accurate _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Which give you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ over your environment.
KNOW PREDICTIONS CONTROL
In the beginning our best technology was our _ _ _ _ _ and our relationship with the _ _ _ _
BRAIN GODS
MOST IMPORTANT FORMULA IN SCIENCE IS....
O = (T + e) Observation = (Truth + error)
Assumption of ORDERLINESS and NATURE
We believe there is a lawfull relationship between ORDER & NATURE (Limited Causality)
All we can actually talk about is.........
CONFIDENCE There is ALWAYS ERROR - there is NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH
Plague changed all - Emperisism - PAGE 68,69
Emperical Attitude
The study of CONSTRUCTS (formulate based on indirect observation)
PSYCHOLOGY