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Structuralism |
school of thought promoted by Wundt&Tichener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind |
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functionalism |
school of thought promoted by James&Darwin; explored how mental and behavorial processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flouish |
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behavorism |
the view that psych should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes |
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humanistic psychology |
historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential |
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cognitive neuroscience |
the interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition including perception, thinking, memory, and language |
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psychology |
the science of behavior and mental processes |
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nature-nurture issue |
the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experiences make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture |
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natural selection |
the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reprodction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generaitons |
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evolutionary psychology |
the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection |
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behavior genetics |
the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior |
