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Chapter 1 Thomas Goodroe Flashcards

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  1. Biopsychosocial approach
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This integrated viewpoint incorporates various levels of analysis and offers a more complete picture of any given behavior or mental

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  1. 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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  1. Biological psychology
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A branch of psychology that studies the links between biological (including neuroscience and behavior genetics) and psychological processes

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  1. Evolutionary psychology
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The study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection

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  1. Psychodynamic Psychology
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A branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

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  1. Behavioral psychology
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The scientific study of observable behavior, and it’s explanation by principles of learning

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  1. Cognitive psychology
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The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

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  1. Social – cultural psychology
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The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

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  1. Social psychology
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The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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  1. Natural selection
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The principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, does contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

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  1. Developmental psychology
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The scientific study of physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan

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  1. Educational psychology
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The study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning

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  1. Applied research
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Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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  1. Personality psychology
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The study an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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  1. I/O industrial-organizational psychology
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The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

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  1. Human factors psychology
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The study of how people and machines interact in the design of safe and easily used machines and environment

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  1. Counseling psychology
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A branch of psychology that assist people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marraige) and in achieving greater well-being

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  1. Clinical psychology
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A branch of psychology that studies, processes, and treats people with psychological disorders

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  1. Psychiatry
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A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who often provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy

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  1. SQ3R
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A study of method incorporating five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review

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  1. Empiricism
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The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation

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  1. Structuralism
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An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind

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

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  1. Experimental psychology
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The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method

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  1. Behaviorism
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The view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologist today agree with (1) but not with (2)

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  1. Cognitive neuroscience science
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The interdisciplinary study of the brian activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)

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  1. Psychology
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The science of behavior and mental processes

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  1. Nature-nurture issue
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The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture

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  1. Natural selection
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The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

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  1. Humanistic psychology
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Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people in the individuals potential for personal growth

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  1. Psychometrics
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The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

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  1. Basic research
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Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

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