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Empiricism |
The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation. |
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Structuralism |
An early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of human brain |
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Functionalism |
Early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin. Explored how mental and behavioral processes function. How they enable and organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. |
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Psychology |
Science of behavior and mental processes |
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Natural selection |
The principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to the reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on the succeeding generations. |
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Nature-Nurture |
Long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psych traits and behaviors. Today traits arise from intetation of nature and nurture. |
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Basic research |
Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
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Applied research |
Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems |
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Clinical psychology |
Studies assess and treats people with psychological disorders. |
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Psychiatry |
Medical dealing psychologists. Practiced by psychic and who sometimes provide mental health treatments as well as psychological therapy. |
