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17 Cards in this Set
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psychology
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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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empiricism
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the view that a knowlegde comes from experience via the senses, and science flourishes thorugh observation and experiment, Locke added to Bacons idea.
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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, Titchner(wundts student)
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introspection
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titchner, looking inward, explains experiences
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functionalism
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a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavorial processes function-- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive and flourish, WIlliam James
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humanistic psych
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historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth of potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth
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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 psych. traits and behaviros
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natural selection
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the principle that among the rande of inherited trait variation, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
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neuroscience pers
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how the body and brain enable emotions, memories and sensory experiences
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evolutionary pers
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how the natural selection of traits promotes the perpetuationo of ones genes
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behavior genetics pers
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how much our genes and our environment influence out individueal differences
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psychodynamic pers
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how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
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behavioral pers
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how we learn observable responses
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cognitive pers
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how we encode, process, store and retrieve info
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social-cultural pers
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how behavior and thinkning vary across situations and cultures
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basic research
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pure sciende 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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