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Coceptual and historical issues in psychology (lesson 1)
Define psychology,
Which contemporary psychological ...,
What was platos 428 347 bc theory...
55  cards
Learning Theory- Classical conditioning
Learning is a ____,
You learn with _____,
Learning is ____ but can ____
53  cards
Operant Conditioning
Operant conditioning is to do wit...,
Name the famous puzzle box in ope...,
Describe what happened in thorndi...
72  cards
Challenges for the behaviourist approach
How is conditioning linked to evo...,
What did behaviourists assume,
Animals are hardwired to learn ce...
39  cards
Personality- Intro and Traits Approach.
A common theme of personality is ...,
Name another common theme when de...,
____ and ______ are also linked w...
61  cards
Personality-Psychodynamic Theories
Name the main person to do with p...,
Thomas hobbes influenced freud wi...,
Hermann von helmholtz studied phy...
79  cards
Personality- Humanistic Approach
The humanistic view of human natu...,
The humanistic approach says that...,
What is there an importance in de...
61  cards
Personality- Social-Cognitive Approach.
Trait psychodynamic and humanisti...,
What are pavlov skinner and watso...,
What do behaviourists emphasise
34  cards
Sensation and Perception Part 1
Sensation ________ perception,
As humans we have various ____ or...,
What environmental stimulus does ...
113  cards
Sensation and Perception Part 2
What does shape perception depend on,
What are receptor cells,
Different receptor cells respond ...
71  cards
Sensation and Perception Part 3
Name this we perceive a stable wo...,
What is shape constancy,
Even though the retinal image siz...
71  cards
Sensation and Perception Part 4
Perception is _____ and involves ...,
What is crucial in interpreting s...,
Who in 1890 described the percept...
99  cards
Developmental Psychology I
Define developmental psychology,
Developmental psychology despite ...,
Name the highly influential theor...
90  cards
Developmental Psychology II
What is the name for how kids get...,
What is social development,
The nature of our ______ relation...
65  cards
Developmental Psychology III
Adolescence is ____ constructed b...,
What is adolescence the transitio...,
Name the main physical developmen...
72  cards
Memory 1
Clive wearing said he was dead un...,
_____ ______ could recognise wife...,
Clive wearing could still conduct...
157  cards
Mind-brain, consciousness and free will.
Why is there a measurement diffic...,
What is introspection,
It is hard for people to describe...
92  cards
Consciusness 2
Unconsciously learning a specific...,
What is the artificial grammar te...,
Reber 1967 created the ____ gramm...
110  cards
Measurement Scales.
What do we call the data that we ...,
What do we look for in data,
Explain what is meant by a catego...
61  cards
Variables.
What are variables,
An identified event which changes...,
Give an example of a numerical va...
45  cards
Reliability and Validity.
In order for an experiment to be ...,
If the experiment only has 2 tria...,
How would we increase improve the...
27  cards
Measures of Central Tendency.
Once we have collected our data w...,
What must the summary of our data be,
When we summarise data we must pr...
53  cards
Measures of Dispersion.
The mean can be misleading withou...,
What is the simplest way to measu...,
What is the range
37  cards
Types of Distribution.
What shape is a normal distributi...,
The normal distribution curve plo...,
What is a characteristic of the n...
54  cards

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