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Dualism
The idea that the body and mind are two separate entities. Dualists also believe that the body is OCCUPIED SPACE and the mind is private. They also believe in interactionism which is the belief that the body and mind interact. TERM 2
Monism
DEFINITION 2 The idea that the body and mind are one physical entity called matter. TERM 3
Interactionism
DEFINITION 3 The dualist idea that the mind and body interact. TERM 4
Gestalt Psychology
DEFINITION 4 The psychological belief that THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF PARTS. TERM 5
Brain Field Theory
DEFINITION 5 The brain field theory states that a field of neurons creates a field of neural activity.
Tabula Rasa
Kant said it. Latin for blank-slate. TERM 7
Defense Mechanisms
DEFINITION 7 What FREUD thought was one of three FACTORS THAT CONTROLLED HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. Sex, aggression, and defense mechanisms. Defense mechanisms is the theory that the ego tries to keep out TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. TERM 8
Descartes
DEFINITION 8 Dualist! (see dualism for more info) TERM 9
Darwin
DEFINITION 9 Evolutionist. Focused on human evolution, primarily biological adaptions and NATURAL SELECTION. TERM 10
Wundt
DEFINITION 10 Wundt was a structuralist. Structuralism is the opposite of functionalism and is the idea of interospection, that looking into the mind through the mind TO DISCOVER ELEMENTS was the best idea.
Watson and Skinner
FOCUSED ON THE ENVIRONMENT
TERM 17
Kant
DEFINITION 17 WAS AN EMPIRICIST WHO BELIEVED THAT EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE IS BASED ON 3 THINGS: SENSATION AND PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE. TERM 18
Hobbes
DEFINITION 18 AN EXAMPLE OF A MONIST. TERM 19
Wertheimer
DEFINITION 19 GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY AND BRAIN FIELD THEORY. TERM 20
Pavlov
DEFINITION 20 Also studied behavior. He made the connection that conditioning is an important part of behavior.
