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12 Cards in this Set
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Materialism |
The mind and body are made of the same physical stuff |
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Nature vs. Nurture |
Thoughts and behavior result from the interaction of experience with biology |
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Determinism |
All thoughts and behavior result from knowable phenomena |
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Psychology |
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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Empiricism |
The belief that the basis of all knowledge is experience |
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Rationalism |
The belief that knowledge achieved via systematic reasoning |
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Science |
The systematic attempt to rationally categorize or explain empirical observations |
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Voluntarism |
Selective attention; Wundt's definition |
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Structuralism |
Titchener aimed to describe the structural components of the mind and discover the laws that govern them |
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Introspection |
An early psychology method that emphasized reflection on the ones own experience |
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Functionalism |
Stressed the role of consciousness and behavior in adapting to the environment. |
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Pragmatism |
The belief that usefulness is the best criterion for determining the validity of an idea |
