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Functionalism

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Influenced by Darwin, explored how mental and behavioral processes function and enable the organism to adapt and survive

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Structuralism

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Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind

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Psychology definition

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The science of behavior and mental processes

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Behaviorism

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The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without looking at mental processes

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Humanistic psychology

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Emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people

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Cognitive neuroscience

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Study of brain activity linked with cognition( perception, thinking, memory, language)

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Natural selection

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Traits contributing to reproduction and survival will be passed on to generations

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Biopsychosocial approach

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Incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis

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Hindsight bias

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Tendency to believe after learning the outcome

I knew it all along phenomenon

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Theory

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Explanation using principles that organized observations and predicts events and behavior

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