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Psychology is?
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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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What are psychology's 4 primary goals?
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explanation prediction control |
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How did structuralism and functionalism differ, and who were the important people in those early fields?
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In 1879 psychology began as a science of its own in Germany with the establishment of Wundt's psychology laboratory, He developed the technique of objective introspection.
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What were the basic ideas and who were the important people behind the early approaches known as Gestalt, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism?
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Wertheimer and others studied sensation and perception, calling the new perspective Gestalt (an organized whole) psychology.
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