psy chapter 1

cognitive psychologists.

(cognition) means thought and knowledge. A cognitive psychologist studies those process, they focus on how people make decisions.

Behaviorism

a field of psychology that concentrates on observable, measurable behaviors and not on mental processes.

How does Kalat define psychology?

the systematic study of behavior and experience.

Introspection

to look within themselves.

what is determinism

Determinism is the idea that everything that happens has a cause, or determinant, that someone could observe or measure.

what is dualism

Dualism the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls the brain and therefore the rest of the body.

What is the nature-nurture issue?

How do differences in behavior relate to differences in heredity and environment.

Based on the term's derivation, what does psychology literally mean?

Psychology is the study of the mind and soul

comparative psychologists

comparative psychologists, specialists who compare different animal species.

Evolutionary psychologists

Evolutionary psychologists tries to explain behavior in terms of the evolutionary history of the species, including why evolution might have favored a tendency to act a particular way.

Know the three major philosophical issues in psychology.

Free will versus determinism, The mind-brain problem, The nature-nurture issues.

what is free will

Freewill is the belief that behavior is caused by a person's independent decisions.

learning theorists

Learning theorists studies how behavior depends on the outcomes of past behaviors and current motivation.

Wilhelm Wundt

Medical doctor and sensory researcher wilhelm wundt, set up in germany the first laboratory intended exclusively for psychological research.

What is the mind-brain problem

Mind brain problem is the philosophical question of how experience relates to the brain.

What is monism

Monism the view that conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain.