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science

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a passion to explore and understand without misleading or being misled

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curiosity

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when put to the test, can it’s predictions be confirmed? does it work?

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skepticism

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doubt as to the truth of something
- how do you know?
-what do you mean?

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humility

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being willing to be surprised and is open to new ideas

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the three aspects of scientific attitude

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curiosity, skepticism, humility

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critical thinking

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thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions

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socrates and plato

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-concluded that the mind is separable from the body and continues on after death
-believed knowledge was innate

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aristotle’s perspective

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believed that knowledge is NOT pre-existing and instead grows from our experiences

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renes descartes

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-supported existence of innate knowledge
-believed animal spirits lived in our brain cavities and that they travel through nerves to muscles to promote movement

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francis bacon

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-one of the founders of modern science
-believed the human understanding easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds

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empiricism

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-the idea that knowledge comes from experience
-observation and experimentation enable knowledge

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john locke

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-british political philosopher who proposed the idea that the mind at birth is a “blank slate”
-an essay concerning human understanding

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wilhem wundt

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created the world’s first psychological laboratory at university of leipzig

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structuralism

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-proposed by wundt and titchener
-introspection is used to reveal the structure of the human mind

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edward bradford titchener

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-student of wundt who introduced structuralism at cornell university

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introspection

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the process of looking inward in an attempt to directly observe one’s own psychological

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functionalism

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-proposed by william james and influenced by darwin
-explored how mental and behavioral processes functions and how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

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william james

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-believed it would be fruitful to consider the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings
-believed feeling is adaptive

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mary whiton calkins

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first woman to be president of the APA

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margaret floy washburn

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received the first official female psychology phd

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behaviorism

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

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john b watson

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championed psychology as the scientific study of behavior
-showed that fear could be learned in the little albert experiment

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b.f. skinner

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-behaviorist who rejected introspection and studied how consuqences shape behavior

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sigmund freud

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controversial figure who proposed theory of personality and the idea of unconscious sexual conflicts

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psychoanalytic psychology

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emphasizes the ways our unconscious mind and childhood experiences affct our behavior

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humanistic psychology

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emphasiez human growth potentional

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carl rogers and abraham maslow

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humanistic psychologists who found behaviorism and freudian psychology too limiting

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cognitive psychology

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the study of mental processes, such as those that occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate, and solve problems

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cognitive neuroscience

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the interdisciniplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

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psychology

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the science of behavior and mental processes

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ivan pavlov

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pioneered the study of learning

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jean piaget

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the last century’s most influential observer of children

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contemporary psychology is inluenced by

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our understanding of biology and experience, culture and gender, and human flourishing

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natural selection

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the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism’s survival are more likely to be passed down

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nature-nurture issue

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the debate over whether your genes or experiences shape behavior and psychological traits

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evolutionary psychology

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the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection

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behavior genetics

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the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behaviors

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in contemporary science the nature-nurture tension dissolves because

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nurture works on what nature provides

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every psychological event is simualtanouesly a biologicla event

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this means depression oculd be both a brain and thought disorder

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culture

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the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted form one generation to the next

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even when specific attitudes and behaviors vary by gender or across cultures…

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the underlying processes are much the same

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positive psychology

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-the study of human flourishing
-with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help communities and indivuals thrive

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biopsychosocial approach

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and integrated approach the combines biological, psychological, and socio-cultural viewpoints

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behavioral psychology

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the scientific study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

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biological psychology

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the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes

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psychodynamic perspective

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behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

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social cultural perspective

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how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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humanistic persepctive

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how we achieve personal growth and fufillment

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evolutionary perspective

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how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes

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cognitive perspective

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how we encode process store and retrieve information

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biological perspective

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how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

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behavioral perspective

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how we learn observable responses

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each perspective is helpful but

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by itself can fail to see the whole picture

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psychohistory

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the study of people’s historical motivationso

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psycholinguistics

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the study of language and thinking

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psychoceramics

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the study of crackpots

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testing effect

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enhanced memory after retriving rather than simply rereading

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SQ3R

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a study method incorporating 5 steps: survey, question, read, retrieve, review

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psychometrics

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the study of measurement of human abilities, 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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studying our changing abilities from womb to tomb

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education psychology

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studying influences on teaching and learning

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personality psychology

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invesitgating our persistent traits

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social psychologists

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exploring how we view and affect one another

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applied research

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scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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human factors psychology

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explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use

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industrial organization psychology

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the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior

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counseling psychology

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a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-being

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psychiatry

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a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders

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community psychology

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a branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups

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dorothea dix

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pioneer in therapy and mental health reform

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