Unit 1 Flashcards

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Empiricism

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Knowledge originates in experience and that science should rely on observation and experimentation

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Structuralism

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Used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind

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Functionalism

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Focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function and how they enable us to adapt, survive, and floursih

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Experimental psychology

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Study of human behavior and thinking using the experimental method

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Behaviorism

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Psychology should:
Be an objective science
Studies behavior without reference to mental processes

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Humanistic psychology

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Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual’s potential of personal growth

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Cognitive neuroscience

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Study of the brain’s activity linked with cognition (perception, thinking, memory, and language)

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Psychology

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Science of behavior and mental processes

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9
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Nature-nurture issue

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Controversy that genes or experience contribute more

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Natural selection

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Those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

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Levels of analysis

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The different views for analyzing any given phenomenon

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Biopsychosocial approach

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Approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis

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Biological psychology

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Studies the links between biological and psychological processes

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Evolutionary psychology

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Study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection

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Psychodynamic psychology

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Studies how unconscious drives bahaviors

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Cognitive psychology

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Study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and comunicating

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Social-cultural psychology

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Study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

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Psychometrics

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Measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

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Basic research

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Science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

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Developmental psychology

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Study of physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

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Educational psychology

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Study of psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning

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Personality psychology

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Study of and individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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Social psychology

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Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Applied research

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Study that aims to solve practical problems

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Industrial-organizational psychology
Application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
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Human factors psychology
Study of how people interact and machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and evironments
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Counseling psychology
Branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and in achieving the greater well being
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Clinical Psychology
Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological diorders
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Psychiatry
Branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders | Provides medical treatments as well as psychological therapy
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