Lecture Notes Review - Philosophy, Psychology, and Wildlife Research

Vocabulary flashcards covering key historical figures, scientific observations, and psychological concepts from the lecture notes.

Plato

The founder of Western philosophy who was born in Athens, studied under Socrates, and founded the Academy in 387 B.C.

Socrates

A famous philosopher under whom Plato studied and who served as the main speaker in Plato's written dialogues.

The Academy

A school founded by Plato in 387 B.C. that became famous throughout the Greek world and lasted over 900 years until it was closed in 529 A.D.

Aristotle

One of Plato's most famous students who later became the teacher of Alexander the Great.

Emotions

Internal responses that help people quickly process information, make sense of situations, and understand what they have just experienced or thought.

Dip pens

Writing tools used in the old days with metal tips that required dipping into ink bottles after writing only a sentence or two.

Inkblot

A shape created when excess ink came out of a dip pen, which psychologists used to help understand the minds of their patients.

Jane Goodall

A researcher who ventured into Gombe Stream National Park in the 1960s to observe chimpanzees up close.

Gombe Stream National Park

A national park in Tanzania where Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees in the 1960s.

Omnivores

Animals that consume both plants and meat, which Jane Goodall discovered chimpanzees to be, disproving the belief that they were herbivores.

Jane Goodall Institute

A nonprofit organization founded in 1977 to raise awareness and money to protect chimpanzees and their habitat.