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psychology
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The scientific study of behavior and mind.
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mind
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The contents and processes of subjective experience: sensations, thoughts, and emotions.
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behavior
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Observable actions such as moving about, talking, gesturing, and so on; behaviors can also refer to the activities of cells and thoughts and feelings.
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clinical psychologists
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Psychologists who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psych problems.
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psychiatrists
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Medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psych problems.
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applied psychologists
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Psychologists who extend the principles of scientific psych to practical problems in the world.
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research psychologists
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Psychologists who try to discover the basic principles of behavior and mind.
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empiricism
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The idea that knowledge comes directly from experience.
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nativism
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The idea that some knowledge is innate.
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Gestalt psych
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A movement proposing that certain organizing principles of perception are innate and cannot be altered by experience.
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structuralism
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An early school of psych; tried to understand the mind by breaking it down into basic parts.
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systematic introspection
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An early technique used to study the mind; required people to look inward and describe their own experiences.
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functionalism
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An early school of psych; believed that the proper way to understand the mind and behavior is to first analyze their function and purpose.
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behaviorism
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A school of psych proposing that the only proper subject matter of psych is observable behavior rather than immediate conscious experience.
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psychoanalysis
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A term used by Freud to describe his theory of mind and system of therapy.
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humanistic psych
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A movement in psych that focuses on people's unique capacities for choice, responsibility and growth.
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eclectic approach
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The idea that it's useful to select information from several sources rather than to rely entirely on a single perspective or school of thought.
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cognitive revolution
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The shift away from strict behaviorism, begun in the 1950s, characterized by renewed interest in fundamental problems of consciousness and internal mental processes.
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evolutionary psych
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A movement proposing that we're born with mental processes and "software" that guide our thinking and behavior. These innate mechanisms were acquired through natural selection in our ancestral past and help us to solve specific adaptive problems.
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culture
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The shared values, customs, and beliefs of a group or community.
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