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Flashcards by Pip Mooney, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Pip Mooney
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Empiricism | The belief that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience |
| Introspection | Process by which a person gains knowledge by their own mental and emotional state |
| Scientific method | Use of investigative method that are objective, systematic and replicable |
| Behaviourist | Belief that human behaviour can be explained in terms on conditioning without the need to consider thoughts and feelings |
| Classical conditioning | Learning process when a neutral stimuli is paired with unconditioned stimuli |
| Operant conditioning | Learning through reinforcement or punishment |
| Punishment | Application of an unpleasant consequence following a behaviour (less likely to occur again) |
| Reinforcement | Anything that strengths a response and increase its frequency |
| Identification | Form of influence, individual adopts behaviour to be associated with a group/person |
| Imitation | Action of using someone as a model and copying their behaviour |
| Meditational processes | Internal mental processes between environment and response from individual |
| Modelling | A form of learning, individuals learn behaviours by observing |
| Social learning theory | Learning through observing others and imitating behaviours that are rewarded |
| Vicarious reinforcement | Learning that is not a result of direct reinforcement, but through observing someone else being reinforced |
| Cognitive | Relates to mental process such as perception, memory and reasoning |
| Cognitive neuroscience | Area of psychology dedicated to underlying neural bases of cognitive function |
| Computer model | Process of using computer analogy to explain human cognition |
| Inference | Reaching a logical conclusion based on evidence and reasoning |
| Schema | Cognitive framework, helps organise and interpret information in the brain |
| Theoretical models | Models are to simplify mental processes |
| Biological approach | Views humans as biological organism, providing biological explanations |
| Evolution | Change of successive generations. |
| Gene | Part of a chromosome, carries DNA |
| Genotype | Genetic make-up of an individual |
| Phenotype | Observable characterises of an individual |
| Natural selection | Inherited characterises that enhance an individuals fitness |
| Neurochemistry | Study of chemical and neural processes associated with the nervous system |
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