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monism
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the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
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natural selection
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survival: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
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evolutionary psychology
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Evolutionary psychology (EP) attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection
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biopsychology
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In psychology, biological psychology, also known as biopsychology, psychobiology, or behavioral neuroscience> is the application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior
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wilhelm wundt
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(1832–1920) established the first psychological laboratory. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936) discovered the “conditioned reflex”
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Edward Titchener
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an Englishman and a student of Wilhelm Wundt
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william james
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professor of psychology at Harvard, published Pragmatism (1907), a major statement of philosophical empiricism.
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structuralism
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is a psychological approach that emphasized studying the elemental structures of consciousness
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Functionalism
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a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
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Charles Darwin
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English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
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behaviorism
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an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
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Ivan Pavlov
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a Russian physiologist, psychologist, and physician who aided in research about dogs physiology and psychological phenomenon.
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BF Skinner
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United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)
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Comparative Psychology
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refers to the study of the behavior and mental life of animals other than human beings
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Alfred Binet
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French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test, the basis of today's IQ test.
also, for his intellectual studies with children |
