Psychology Concepts

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What is psychology?

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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John Locke

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Scientific Revolution

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Tabula Rosa

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Empiricism

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Idea that knowledge is through experience - systematic

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William Wundt

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First psych lab: 1879

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Structuralism (pain)

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The intensity, duration, and sensation of pain

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Functionalism (pain)

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How pain functions to communicate that something is wrong, in order to minimize damage to the body

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Charles Darwin

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Natural selection

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Contemporary Approaches

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Psychoanalytic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, biological, evolutionary, sociocultural

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Psychodynamic Approach

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Unconscious, Repressed