Ap Psychology Terms - Prologue And Chapter One

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Structuralism

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Early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind

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Functionalism

Back 2

A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish

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Behaviorism

Back 3

The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes

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Humanistic Psychology

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Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

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Psychology

Back 6

The science of behavior and mental processes

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Nature-nurture Issue

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The longstanding issue over the contribution that genes and experience make to the development of a person

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Natural Selection

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The principle that the traits contributing to reproduction and survival are the most likely to be passed on

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Levels of analysis

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The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon

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Biopsychosocial Approach

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An approach that integrates the biological, psychological and social-cultural levels of analysis