These terms are matched to Myers 8th edition of Psychology prologue.
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| an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. | ||
| a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. | ||
| a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being. | ||
| the view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment. | ||
| a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. | ||
| the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. | ||
| the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. | ||
| the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. | ||
| a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy | ||
| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes | ||
| an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. | ||
| a complex explanation of phenomena based on findings from scientific research | ||
| pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. | ||
| scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. |
