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Behaviorism
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The study of behavior.
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Cognitive psychology
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The study of mental processes.
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Consciousness
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Awareness of ourselves and our environment.
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Empiricism
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The belief that knowledge comes from experience.
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Eugenics
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The practice of selective breeding to promote desired traits.
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Flashbulb memory
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A highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event.
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Functionalism
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A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.
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Gestalt psychology
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An attempt to study the unity of experience.
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Individual differences
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Ways in which people differ in terms of their behavior
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emotion
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Introspection
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A method of focusing on internal processes.
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Neural impulse
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An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate.
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Practitioner-Scholar Model
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A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.
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Psychophysics
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Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.
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Realism
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A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.
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Scientist-practitioner model
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A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.
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Structuralism
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A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.
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