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15 Cards in this Set
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Psychology |
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context. |
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Structuralism |
concerned with discovering the basic elements of consciousness. |
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Cognitive Perspective |
The psychological viewpoint that the focuses on the how people (and other animals) process, store, and retrieve information and how this information is used to reason and solve problems.
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Social-learning theory |
People can change their environments or create new ones. |
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Humanistic Perspective |
An approach to psychology that emphasizes empathy and stresses the good in human behavior. |
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Principle |
A rule or law, such as the principle that you will probably get better grades if you study more. |
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Introspection |
The examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes. |
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Functionalism |
How mental process help organisms adapt to their environment. |
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Psychoanalysis |
Emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts in determining human behavior. |
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Evolutionary Perspective |
Focuses on the evolution of behavior and mental process. |
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Ethnic Group |
They are united by their cultural heritage,race, language, or common history. |
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Theory |
A statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen when they do. |
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Basic Research |
research that has no no immediate application and is done for its own sake |
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Gestalt Psychology |
its based on the idea that perceptions are more than the sums of their parts |
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Psychodynamic Thinking |
assumes that most of what exists in an individual's mind is unconscious and consists of conflicting impulses,urges,and wishes. |
