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What is the definition of psychology?
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It comes from the greek word
psyche (soul) and logos (word)
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What is free will
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Where one is able to act and beahave the way they choose to behave
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What is determinism
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Forces that guide your behavior and nothing you choose to do is guided
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What is monism
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Conscious experinece is generated by the brain
(the brain and mind is one)
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What is dualism?
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The mind is seperate from the brain
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Who is Phineas Gage?
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A tamping rod went through his cheek and seprated the frontal cortex from the rest of his brain.
It was said that he didnt act the same after the rod went through his brain, his manners were off and he wasnt the same person
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What is the debate of nature v. nuture?
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How differnces in behavior relate to diffrences in heredity and enviorment
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What is a biological psychologist?
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Someone who studies the brain and how it works
PHD required
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What is a psychiatrist?
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Works in hospitals and clinically helps ppl
MD required
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What is a clinical Psychologist?
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Someone who helps ppl with their problems
PHD required
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What is a Cognitve Psychologist?
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Someone who studies the dev. of the brain and how ppl learn through experierence
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What did W. Wundt do?
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He made the first psychologica lab
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What did E. Titchener do?
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Student of Wundt
showed how everyone had differnt perceptions of things
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What did C. Darwin do?
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Showed how differnt animals have common features as well as intelligence
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What did J. Watson do?
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Belived when you can predict behavior you can control behavior
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