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empiricism
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the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
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structuralism
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an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
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functionalism
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a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function--how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
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nature-nurture issue
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the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
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natural selection
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from among chance variations in organisms, nature selects those that best enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
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psychology
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the science of behavior and mental processes
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basic research
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pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
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applied research
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scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
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clinical psychology
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a branch of psychology that studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders
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psychiatry
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a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy
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