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applied psy

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the branch of psy concerned with everyday, practical problems

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behavior

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any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism

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behaviorism

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a theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psy should only abservable behavior

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clinical psy

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the branch of psy concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psy problems and disorders

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cognition

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the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge

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critical thinking

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the use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desired outcome

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culture

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the widely shared customs, beliefs values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations

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empiricism

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the premise that knowledge shoulde be acquired through observation

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ethnocentrism

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the tendency to view one's own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways

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evolutionary psy

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theoretical perspective that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations

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functionalism

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a school of psy based on the belief that psy shouldinvestigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than it structure

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humanism

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a theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, esp their freedom and their potential for personal growth

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introspection

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careful, systematic observation of one's own conscious experience

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natural selection

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principle stating that heritable characteristics that provide a survival reproductive advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus come to be "selected" over time

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psychiatry

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a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders

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phi phenomenon

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the illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession

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Gestalt psy

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a theoretical orientation based on the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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psychoanalytic theory

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a theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior

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psy

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the science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems

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SQ3R

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a stdy system designed to promote effective reading by means of five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review

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stimulus

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any detectable input from the environment

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structuralism

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a school of psy based on the notion that the task of psy is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and to investigate how these elements are related

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testwiseness

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the ability to use the characteristics and format of a cogntitive test to maximize one's score

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theory

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a system of interrelated ideas that is used to explain a set of observations

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unconscious

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according to Freud, thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior