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the scientific study of mental processes and behavior
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Psychology
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A general framework for scientific study; smaller aspects can be tested.
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Theory
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Psychologists who study the origin, cause, or results of certain behaviors.
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Research Psychologists
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psychologists who make direct use of the finding of research psychologists; they deal directly with clients
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Applied Psychologists
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suggested that all animals, including humans had evolved and changed over time.
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Charles Darwin
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known as the "father of psychology"
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Wilhelm Wundt
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the process of looking into yourself and describing what you see there.
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Introspection
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developed one of the first comprehensive theories of personality
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Sigmund Freud
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professor and philosopher at Harvard who was one of the founders of American Psychology, interested in how we function and adapt to our environment
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William James
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believed that careful, structured parenting could prevent most psychological problems from ever happening
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John B. Watson
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the process of making your own system by borrowing from two other systems
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eclecticism
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an approach that views behavior as strongly influenced by physiological function
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biopsychological approach
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an approach that views behavior as the product of learning and association
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Behavioral approach
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believed that people are controlled by the environment in the sense that we become whatever the environment forces us to be - good or evil
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B. F. Skinner
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a system that views the individual as the product of unconscious forces
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Psychoanalysis
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an approach that views people as basically good and capable of helping themselves
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Humanistic Approach
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the most famous humanist; saw all people as being worthwhile beings with there own free will and choice
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Carl Rogers
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the tendency to fill ones potential
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actualizing
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an approach that emphasizes how humans use mental processes to handle problems or develop certain personality characteristics
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Cognitive Approach
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an approach that that views behavior as strongly influenced by the rules and expectations of specific social groups of cultures
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Sociocultural Approach
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Behavior viewed in terms of biological responses.
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Biopsychology
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behavior viewed as a product of learned responses.
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Behaviorism
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behavior viewed as a reflection of unconscious aggressive and sexual impulses.
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Psychoanalysis
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Behavior viewed as a reflection of internal growth.
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Humanism
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Behavior viewed as a product of various internal sentences, or thoughts.
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Cognitive Psychology
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Behavior viewed as strongly influenced by the expectations of social groups or cultures.
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Sociocultural Psychology
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