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Psychology

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the scientific study of the causes of behaviour, the application of the findings of psychological research to the solution of problems

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Casual Event

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an event that causes another even to occur

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Physiological Psychology

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the branch of psychology that studies the physiological basis of behaviour

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Comparative Psychology

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the branch of psychology that studies the behaviours of a variety of organisms in an attempt to understand the adaptive and functional significance of the behaviours and their relation to evolution.

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Behavioural Analysis

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the branch of psychology that studies the effect of the environment on behaviour - primarily the effects of consequences of behaviours on the behaviours themselves

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Behaviour Genetics

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the branch of psychology that studies the role of genetics in behaviour

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Cognitive Psychologists

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the branch of psychology that studies complex behaviours and mental processes such as perception, attention, learning, memory, verbal behaviour, concept formation, problem solving

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Developmental Psychology

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the branch of psychology that studies the changes in behavioural, perceptual & cognitive capacities of organisms as a function of age & experience

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Social Psychology

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the branch of psychology devoted to the study of the effects people have on each other’s behaviour

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Personality Psychology

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the branch of psychology that attempts to categorize & understand the causes of individual differences in patterns of behaviour

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Evolutionary Psychology

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the branch of psychology that explains behaviour in terms of adaptive advantages that specific behaviours provided during the evolution of a species. They use natural selection as a guiding principle

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Cross-Cultural Psychology

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the branch of psychology that studies the effects of culture on behaviour

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Clinical Psychology

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the branch of psychology devoted to the investigation and treatment of abnormal behaviour & physiological disorders

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Animism

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The belief that all animals and all moving objects possess spirits providing their motive force.

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Reflex

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An automatic response to a stimulus, such as the blink reflex to the sudden unexpected approach of an object toward the eyes

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Dualism

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he philosophical belief that reality consists of mind and matter

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Model

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a relatively simple system that works on known principles and is able to do at least some of the things that a more complex system can

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Empiricism

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the philosophical view that all knowledge is obtained through the senses

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Materialism

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a philosophical belief that reality can be known only through an understanding of the physical world, of which the mind is a part

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Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies

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Johannes Muller’s observation that different nerve fibers convey specific information from one part of the body to the brain (and vise versa)

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Experimental Ablation

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the removal of a portion of the brain of an experimental animal for the purpose of studying the functions of that region

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Psychophysics

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the branch of psychology that measures the quantitative relation between physical stimuli and perceptual events

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Determinism

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doctrine that behaviour is the result of prior events

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Law of Effect

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Throndike’s observation that stimuli that occur as a consequence of a response can increase or decrease the likelihood of making that response again

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Structuralism
the system of experimental psychology that began with Wundt; emphasized introspective analysis of sensation and perception
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Introspection
literally ‘looking within’ in an attempt to describe one’s own memories, perceptions, cognitive processes or motivations
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Functionalism
he strategy of understanding a species’ structural or behaviour features by attempting to establish their usefulness with respect to survival and reproductive success
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Behaviourism
a movement in psychology that asserts that the only proper subject matter for scientific study in psychology is observable behaviour
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Humanistic Psychology
an approach to the study of human behaviour that emphasizes human experience, choice & creativity, self-realization & positive growth
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Gestalt Psychology
a movement in psychology that emphasized cognitive processes could be understood by studying their organization, not their elements
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Information Processing
an approach used by cognitive psychologists to explain the workings; information received through the senses is processed by systems of neutrons in the brain.