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psychology

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scientific study of behavior & mental process

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behavior

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observable & measurable actions of animals a people

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cognitive activity

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unobservable mental process, sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving

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theory

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ideas intended to explain something

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basic research

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research that’s conducted for its own sake

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introspection

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examination of ones own thoughts and feelings

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structuralism

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school of psych, founded by Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings

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functionalism

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school of psych, founded by William James, that emphasizes the purpose of behavior and mental process

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behaviorism

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school of psych, founded by John Watson, defines psychology as observable behavior

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gestalt psychology

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school of psych, the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes

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psychoanalysis

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school of psych, founded by Sigmund Freud, the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determines human behavior

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biological perspective

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psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior

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psychoanalytic perspective

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the perspective that stress the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior

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learning perspective

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the physiological point of view that emphasizes the effects of experience on human behavior

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social learning theory

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pattering behavior after other people/models Ex. family

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socialcultural perspective

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focuses on the roles of enthnisity gender, culture, and social economic status

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Socrates

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introspection-knowledge we are born with

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B.F Skinner

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introduced the concept of positive and negative reinforcement

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William James

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functionalism- wrote the first modern book of psychology (The principles of psychology 1890)

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Wilhelm Wundt

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established the first psych lab, founded structuralism and is the first modern psychologist

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John B. Watson

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founded behaviorism

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Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalysis- psychoanalytic