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Empiricism
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The view that
(a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment. |
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Structuralism
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An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind.
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Functionalism
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A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function -- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
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Psychology
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The science of behavior and mental processes.
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Nature-Nurture Issue
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The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
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Natural Selection
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The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
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Basic Research
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Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.
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Applied Research
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Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.
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Clinical Psychology
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A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
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Psychiatry
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A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy.
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