Psychology Module 1

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

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Psychology

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The view that knowledge comes from experiences via the senses and that science flourishes through observation and experiment.

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Empiricism

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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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Structuralism

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A school of psychology that focuses of how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.

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Functionalism

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Perspective that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth.

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Humanistic psychology

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Debate over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of our traits and behaviors.

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Nature-nurture issue

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Principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed down to the next generation.

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Natural selection

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The differing views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon.

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Levels of analysis

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Perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.

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Biopsychosocial approach

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Science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.

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Basic Research

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Study that aims to solve practical problems.

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Applied Research

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Assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-being.

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Counseling psychology

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Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.

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Clinical psychology

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A branch of medicine dealing with psychology disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as will as psychological therapy.

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Psychiatry