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When is the birth of Psychology identified?
1879
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Who established the first psychological laboratory?
Wilhelm Wundt
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What was the focus of Wundt's work in psychology?
Moving psychology to
controlled
research
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What was the name of Wundt's laboratory?
Institute of Experimental Psychology
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What method did Wundt use to study the mind?
Introspection
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What does structuralism aim to study?
The structure of the mind
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What are the components of behavior according to Wundt?
Thoughts
, feelings, sensations,
emotional
reactions
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How did participants use introspection?
By analyzing their own
conscious
experiences
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What were participants trained to do during introspection?
To make data
objective
rather than subjective
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Did Wundt use the scientific method?
Yes, under
controlled conditions
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What was a limitation of Wundt's introspection method?
It relied on
non-observable
responses
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Why was Wundt's data considered subjective?
It was based on personal opinions
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What did Wundt's work contribute to psychology?
Established psychology as an
independent
science
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What did Wundt identify that could not be studied strictly?
Higher mental processes
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What field did Wundt's work lead to?
Cultural psychology
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Who criticized Wundt's work for being too subjective?
John Watson
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What did behaviorists seek to achieve in psychology?
More
objective
and measurable studies
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What is the unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
Food
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What is the unconditioned response in classical conditioning?
Salivation
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What happens when a neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus?
They become
associated
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What is the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
Bell
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What is the conditioned response in classical conditioning?
Salivation
to the
bell
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Why is timing important in classical conditioning?
It affects the
association strength
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What is extinction in classical conditioning?
The association is not
permanent
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What is spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning?
Faster response after
re-pairing
stimuli
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What is generalization in classical conditioning?
Response to
similar
stimuli
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What are the three types of consequences in operant conditioning?
Positive reinforcement
,
negative reinforcement
,
punishment
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What is positive reinforcement?
Receiving a
reward
for behavior
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What is negative reinforcement?
Avoiding something
unpleasant
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What is punishment in operant conditioning?
An
unpleasant
consequence of behavior
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What happens when a rat presses a lever in a Skinner box for food?
It experiences
positive reinforcement
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What happens when loud music is played in the Skinner box?
The rat experiences
negative reinforcement
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What happens when a rat gets shocked in the Skinner box?
It experiences
punishment
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What is continuous reinforcement?
Rewarding every time a
behavior
occurs
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What is partial reinforcement?
Rewarding after a varying number of
responses
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of behaviorism?
Strengths:
Real-world applications (
therapies
)
Highly
scientific
and
replicable
studies
Weaknesses:
Ethical concerns with animal
experiments
Highly
deterministic
view of behavior
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What are the key concepts of Social Learning Theory?
Modelling
: Displaying behavior to be copied
Imitation
: Copying behavior
Identification: Likelihood of copying based on model characteristics
Vicarious reinforcement
: Consequences faced by others
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What are the mediational processes in Social Learning Theory?
Attention
, retention,
motor reproduction
,
motivation
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What did Bandura's research involve?
Children observing adults with a
Bobo
doll
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What was the outcome of Bandura's Condition 1?
Children were more
aggressive
towards the doll
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