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| 16745170 | psychology | scientific study of behavior and mental processes | |
| 16745171 | empiricism | the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should therefore rely on observation and experimentation | |
| 16745172 | structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind | |
| 16745173 | functionalist | a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish | |
| 16745174 | humanistic psychology | a perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth | |
| 16746728 | nature-nurture issue | the debate over whether human traits develop through experience (nuture) or are they inherited through out genes (nature)? | |
| 16746729 | natural selection | the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations | |
| 16746730 | levels of analysis | the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon | |
| 16746731 | biopsychosocial approach | a combined perspective that incorporates biological, psychological and social-cultural levels of analysis | |
| 16746732 | basic research | pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base | |
| 16746733 | applied research | scientific study that aims to solve practical problems | |
| 16746734 | counseling psychology | a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being | |
| 16746735 | clinical psychology | a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders | |
| 16746736 | psychiatry | a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy |
