Unit 1 Part A vocabulary

Question 0

The early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.

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Structuralism

Question 1

The science of behavior and mental processes.

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Psychology

Question 2

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 2.

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Behaviorism

Question 3

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

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Cognitive neuroscience

Question 4

The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities attitudes and traits

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Psychometrics

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

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Educational psychology

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Scientific study of how we think about influence and relate to one another

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Social psychology

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Branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school work or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being

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Counseling psychology

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

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Clinical psychology

Question 9

View that knowledge originates experience in that science should therefore rely on observation and experimentation

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Empiricism

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Early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin;explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.

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Functionalism

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A historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people

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Humanistic psychology

Question 12

The long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors todays science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture

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Nature vs. nurture

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

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Biopsychological approach

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

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Evolutionary psychology

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Scientific study of observable behavior and it’s Principles of learning

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Behavior psychology

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Scientific study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior

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Social cultural psychology

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A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan

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Developmental psychology

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Study of individuals characteristic pattern of thinking feeling and acting

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Personality psychology

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

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Industrial organizational psychology

Question 20

Branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example drug) treatment as well as psychological therapy

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Psychiatry

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Principle that among the range of inherited trait variations that is contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

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Natural selection

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Scientific study of the links between biological (genetic neural hormonal)and psychological processes

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Biological psychology

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

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Psychodynamic psychology

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The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking knowing remembering and communicating

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Cognitive psychology