Unit 1 Vocab [DE Psych 21.22]

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Psychology

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Organism's reaction to internal/external changes.

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behavior

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Thoughts, feelings, and motives experienced privately but not directly observed.

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mental processes

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Process by which sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from the environment.

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sensation

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Organizing and interpreting sensory info to recognize meaningful objects and events.

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Perception

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Mind separable from body; continues after death. Knowledge is innate.

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Socrates and Plato

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(1596-1650) French philosopher who discovered analytical geometry and linked Algebra with Geometry. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.

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Descartes

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(1561-1626) English politician and writer. Formalized empirical method. Novum Organum. Inductive reasoning.

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Francis Bacon

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English empiricist philosopher (1632-1704) who believed knowledge comes from sensory experience.

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Locke

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Controversy over whether genetics or environment drives behavior

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Nature vs. Nurture