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History And Approaches Flashcards

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Structuralism

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Early school of thought
- used introspection
- explore the structural elements of the human mind
EB Titchener

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Functionalism

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School of psychology
Focuses on now our mental and behavioral process function
How they allow us to adapt and survive
William James
(encouraged by evolutionist theory’s from Charles Darwin)

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Experimental psychology

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The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method

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Behaviorism

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

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Humanistic psychology

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Historically significant perspective

Emphasizes growth potential of healthy people and the individuals potential for individual growth

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Cognitive neuroscience

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The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)

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Psychology

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The science of behavior and mental processes

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Nature-nurture issue

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Longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today’s science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture

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Natural selection

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The principal that a,one the range of inherited trait variations
Those that contribute to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.

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Levels of analysis

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The differing complementary views. Biological, psychological, socio-cultural, levels of analysis.

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Biopsychosocial approach

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An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.

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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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Evolutionary psychology

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The studios the roots behavior and mental processes using the principals of natural selection

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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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Behavioral

Psychology

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The scientific study of behavior and its explanation by principals of learning

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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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Social-cultural psychology

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The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

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Psychometrics

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Th scientific study of the measurement of human ability, attitudes, and traits

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Basic research

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Pure science that aims to increase the Scientific knowledge base

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Developmental psychology

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The scientific study of psychical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

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Educational psychology

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The study of how psychological processes can affect and enhance teaching and learning

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Personality psychology

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Study of an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting

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Social psychology

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The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to others

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Applied research

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Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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Industrial-organizational psychology

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The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

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Counseling psychology

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Branch of psych that assists ppl with problems in living and achieving a greater wellbeing

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Clinical psychology

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A branch of psych that studies assesses and treats people with psychological disorders

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Psychiatry

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A branch of medicine dealing with Psychological disorders

Practiced by physicians who often provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy.

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Empiricism

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View that knowledge originates in experience and that science should rely on observations no experimentation.
John Locke

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