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7 Cards in this Set
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Emphasizes studying the physical bases of human and animal behavior, including the nervous system, endocrine system, immune system, and genetics.
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biological perspective
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Emphasizes the importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and interpersonal relationships in explaining the underlying dynamics of behavior or in treating people with psychological problems.
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psychodynamic perspective
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Studies how behavior is acquired or modified by environmental causes.
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behavioral perspective
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Focuses on the motivation of people to grow psychologically, the influence of interpersonal relationships on a person's self-concept, and the importance of choice and self-direction in striving to meet one's potential.
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humanistic perspective
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Focused on the role of mental processes in how people process and remember information, develop language, solve problems, and think.
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cognitive perspective
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How cultural factors influence patterns of behavior.
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cross-cultural perspective
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Study of how psychological processes that helped individuals adapt to their environments also helped them survive, reproduce, and pass those abilities on to their offspring.
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Evolutionary perspective
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