Ch 1

Question 1

Psychology

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The study of the mind and behavior

Question 2

Cognitive psychology

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The study of how we perceive information

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Developmental psychology

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The study of how thought and behavior Change and remain stable across the life span

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Behavioral neuroscience

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The study of the links among the brain, mind, and behavior

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Biological psychology

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The study of the relationship between bodily systems and chemicals and how they influence behavior and thought

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Personality psychology

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The study of what makes people unique and the consistencies in peoples behavior across time and situations

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Social psychology

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Studies how living among others influences thought, feeling, and behavior

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Cross- cultural psychology

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Study of now thought and behavior varies and is similar across different cultures around the world

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Clinical psychology

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Focuses on the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

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Health psychology

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Examines the role of psychological factors in physical illness and health

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Educational psychology

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Studies how students learn and the psychology of teaching

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Industrial/ organizational psychology

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The application of psychological concepts and questions to work settings

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Sports psychology

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The study of psychological factors in sports and exercise

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Community psychology

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Focuses on how individuals are connected to and part of their communities

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Forensic psychology

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Field that blends psychology, law, and criminal Justice

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Shamans

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Treated the possessed by driving out demons with elaborate rituals I such as exorcisms, incantations, and Prayers

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Trephination

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Drilling a small hole in a persons skull

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Moral treatment

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Approach to treating the mentally ill with dignity in a caring environment

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Psychoanalysis

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Assumes that the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior

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Empiricism

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The view that an knowledge and thoughts come from experience

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Psychophysics

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The study of how people experience physical stimuli such as light, sound waves, and touch

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Behaviorism

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Argues that if you want to understand behavior you should focus only on behavior

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Humanistic-positive psychology

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Assumes that people strive toward meaning, growth, well being, happiness, and psychological health

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Nature through nurture

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The position that environment constantly interacts with biology to shape who we are and what we do

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Evolution

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The change over time in the frequency with which specific genes occur within a breeding species

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Natural selection

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Feedback process whereby nature favors one design over another, depending on whether it has an impact on reproduction

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Sexual selection

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Operates when members of the opposite sex fina certain traits attractive or appealing

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Adaptions

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Inherited solutions to ancestral problems that have been selected for

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Evolutionary psychology

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Branch of psychology that aims to uncover the adaptive problems the human mind may have solved for our early ancestors

Question 30

Critical thinking

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A process by which one analyzes, evaluates, and forms ideas