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Misconceptions Who am I?
Studying HumanNature
Contributions to Modern
Psychology
Miscellaneous Mixture
The suggestion that to fix something you just need to follow these steps, like baking a cake, is known as what?
MISCONCEPTIONS100
Recipe Knowledge
The idea that people want psychology to answer “big” questions but fear what the answers may reveal is known as
what?
MISCONCEPTIONS 200
Public Paradox
83% of people felt that day to day life experiences provided adequate training in psychology (Wood et al., 1986). Researchers found that vocational descriptions of
psychologists do not correlate well with those of scientists. These are both examples of the misunderstanding of what?
MISCONCEPTIONS 300
Educational Requirements in Psychology
Media promotes misconceptions by portraying psychologists in misleading ways on screen. Name and describe the 5 stereotypes typically promoted through media that we
discussed in class.
MISCONCEPTIONS400
• Dr. Dippy- is actually crazier than his patients• Dr. Evil- corrupt, into mind control, maniac• Dr. Wonderful- plenty of time for everyone, fixes everything
by finding one painful event• Dr. Rigid- blunt, wet blanket, puts down patient• Dr. Line-Crosser- forms inappropriate/sexual relationships
with vulnerable patients
What are the 3 things that media promoted misconceptions suggest about psychology?
MISCONCEPTIONS500
• Suggest that psychology is self-help/recipe knowledge• Suggests that psychology/psychiatry is for weak minded
people• Suggests that evangelist pyschologists and non
scientific pop books/articles offer expert advice
I ran hospitals that provided better care for mental patients by emphasizing more humane treatment.
WHO AM I?100
Dr. Phillipe Pinel
I believed in naturalistic medicine and tried to rid medicine of magical and superstitious thinking. Who am I?
WHO AM I?200
Alcmaeon of Crotonor
Hippocrates
I came up with a form of pseudoscience that identified people’s characteristics and personalities based on the
bumps on individual’s heads. Who am I, and what was this practice?
WHO AM I?300
• Joseph Gall• Phrenology
I believed that consciousness is a function of the mind. I also said that the mind and the brain are separate, but they
influence each other. Who am I, and what was my way of thinking known as?
WHO AM I400
DescartesInteractive Dualism/Cartesian Dualism
I am the father of medicine and I believed in the Theory of Humors. Who am I, and what was my explanation for mental
illness?
WHO AM I?500
• Hippocrates• Mental illness resulted when humors were not
balanced.
The separation of mental illness and identity from religion and superstitious thinking was a contribution to modern
psychology that came from what field?
CONTRIBUTIONS100
Biology
Biological contributions brought about the focus of studying personalities of normal people. With this in mind, Hippocrates’
Theory of Humors and Joseph Gall’s phrenology were precursors for what?
CONTRIBUTIONS200
Trait-based theories of personality
Philosophy made many important contributions to modern psychology. What two things did philosophy begin to ask
questions about regarding the mind?
CONTRIBUTIONS300
Contents of the mind
Functions of the mind
In what ways did Plato’s view on madness (body/desires vs. soul) contribute to modern
misunderstandings of psychology?
CONTRIBUTIONS400
• It suggested that mental illness comes from being weak minded.
• It supported a stigma about the mentally ill—not strong critical thinkers, give into drives
Name three of religion’s contributions to understanding modern psychology.
CONTRIBUTIONS500
• Mentally ill people need help and care• There is more than one type of thought• The mind is different from the body• The mind contains the identity/personality• Thought can come from the body and affect the behavior
What debate is central to the development of Psychology?
MISC.100
Mind-Body Debate
What are the two important questions addressed by the mind-body debate?
MISC.200
• What is the mind?• How does the mind interact with the brain?
Aristotle is considered the father of modern science because he set the stage for the first steps of the scientific method.
What are these steps, and why are they important?
MISC300
• 1. Ask “what is the question”• 2. Define terms• 3. Review what other experts think• 4. Explain what you think Importance: they organized nature in reasoned ways
The idea that you can argue and debate about natural phenomena and religion
without losing your faith is called what?
MISC400
The Doctrine of Double Truths
According the religious mind, the mind is what? The body is what?
MISC 500
The mind is the soul/your identity
The body is the vessel that houses the soul
Who had the “ghost-in-the-machine” perspective on studying human nature?
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE100
Descartes
Who are the two contenders for the title of “Father of Modern Psychology?”
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE200
Wilhelm WundtGustav Fechner
Who is associated with the Biological Instinct model of human nature? What are some characteristics of this model?
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE300
• Hobbes• Our biological drives lead to selfishness, but we
must yield to society’s rules and norms
Name all the models of human nature, and the person associated with each one. (After naming them, see if you can
list the characteristics of each model!)
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE400
Ghost in the Machine: DescartesLocke: Blank SlateRousseau: Noble SavageHobbes: Biological Instinct
Who founded Structuralism, and what are some of its characteristics?
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• Edward Titchener• Goal: identifying composition of the mind/conciousness• Relied solely on introspection• Problems: ignores individual differences, animals,
children, applied problems and higher mental processes
Remember, this is just a fun review of some of the topics. Be sure to study everything on the review sheet and know how to
explain things in detail!
GOOD LUCK STUDYING!!!!