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16 Cards in this Set
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Evolutionary Perspective
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How our behaviors are influenced by inherited traits(helped us to survive)
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Behaviorist Approach
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Stress the connection between stimulus/response and behavior/reward(Skinner, Watson, Pavlov). A person's behavior is determined by actions that were rewarded or punished.
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Psychoanalytic Approach
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A person's behavior is determined by primal drives(hunger, thirst, sex) and the experiences of early childhood(Freud)
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Cognitive Approach(Thinking)
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A person's difficulties often stem from false peception of reality. People develop ideas of the new world and base their judgments upon these perceptions(If you can change someone's thought, you can change their behavior)
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Humanist Approach
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The concept that people are in control of their own destiny. One tries to satisfy both basic and enriching needs, always striving for personal achievement. Inherent worth of the individual(Maslow, Rogers)
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Socio-Cultural Perspective
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Cultural differences and similarities influence behavior. Social environment, group dynamics, authority, gender, religion, drive and direct behaviors.
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Industrial/Organizational Psychology
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Works with psychological issues that are related to business.
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Clinical Psychology
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Works with diagnosis and treatment of disorders.
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Biological Approach(Biomedical Approach)
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Stress the genetic,medical, and neurological components of the person. Hormonal changes, brain abnormalities, and neurochemical differences help determine a person's actions and subsequent changes in behavior.
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Developmental Psychologist
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Studies the maturation process.
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Social Psychologist
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studies how society influences the individual
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Empiricism
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A school of thought that holds that all knowledge that comes through the senses.
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Natural Selection
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Successful reproduction for those organisms possessing attributes that are advantageous in a given environment. If these attributes are hereditary then they will appear in the next generation and if the process continues over many generations, it can result in wholesale changes in form and behavior.
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Neuroscience
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Science having to do with studying the brain.
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Basic Research
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Increase scientific knowledge base(Erik Kendell with sea slugs)
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Applied Research
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Solve practical problems
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