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| 29562655 | Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes | |
| 29562656 | empiricism | the view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment. | |
| 29562657 | structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. | |
| 29562658 | functionalism | a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function—how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. | |
| 29562659 | pseudopsychology | Psychology that is not based on scientific facts or studies, that is more "common sense" in some cases. | |
| 29562660 | Wilhelm Wundt | Known as father of psychology. Created the first scientific laboratory. Used structural approach | |
| 29562661 | William James | Stream of consciousness", created functionalism with others, wrote Principles of Psychology | |
| 29562662 | 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. | |
| 29562663 | clinical psychology | a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. | |
| 29562664 | 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. | |
| 29562665 | basic research | pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. | |
| 29562666 | applied research | scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. | |
| 29562667 | nature-nurture issue | the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. | |
| 29562668 | Phrenology | A now defunct theory that specific mental abilities and characteristics, ranging from memory to the capacity for happiness, are localized in specific regions of the brain. | |
| 29562669 | Stimulus | Sensory input from the environment. | |
| 29562670 | Consciousness | A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind. | |
| 29562671 | Introspection | The subjective observation of one's own experience. | |
| 29562672 | Natural Selection | Charles Darwin's theory that the features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed on to subsequent generations. | |
| 29562673 | Gestalt Psychology | A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts. | |
| 29562674 | Cognitive Neuroscience | A field that attempts to understand the links between cognitive processes and brain activity. | |
| 29562675 | Psychological constructs | Used to talk about something we cannot see, touch or measure | |
| 29562676 | Barnum Effect | Tendency to believe a general personality report | |
| 29562677 | Clinical Psychologists | Largest group, help people with psychological problems but can't provide drugs | |
| 29562678 | Counseling Psychologists | Treat people who have adjustment problems rather than serious mental disorders. Work often at universities | |
| 29562679 | School Psychologists | Identify students with problems and help with placement of students | |
| 29562680 | Educational Psychologists | Work on course planning and instructional methods | |
| 29562681 | Developmental Psychologists | Study the changes that occur throughout a person's life span | |
| 29562682 | Personality Psychologists | Identify characteristics or traits | |
| 29562683 | Social Psychologists | Study people's behavior in social situations | |
| 29562684 | Experimental Psychologists | Partake in basic research, research for its own sake | |
| 29562685 | Industrial and Organizational Psychologists | Study behavior of people and work, like those in organizations | |
| 29562686 | Environmental Psychologists | Study how people's surrounding affect them | |
| 29562687 | Consumer Psychologists | Study the behavior of shoppers to predict and explain their behavior | |
| 29562688 | Health Psychologists | Study how behavior and mental aspects affect health | |
| 29562689 | Socrates | said "know thyself" - the beginnings of introspection | |
| 29562690 | Introspection | to "look within" | |
| 29562691 | John Locke | Theorized that knowledge is not inborn but is learned from experiences | |
| 29562692 | B. F. Skinner | Created reinforcement theory; behaviorist approach | |
| 29562693 | Sigmund Freud | creator of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential men in psychology | |
| 29562694 | John B. Watson | Founder of the Behavioral approach to psychology | |
| 29562695 | Psychoanalysis | Emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts | |
| 29562696 | Biological Perspective | Biological processes influence behavior and mental processes | |
| 29562697 | Evolutionary Perspective | Adaptive organisms survive and transmit their genes to future generations | |
| 29562698 | Cognitive Perspective | Perceptions and thought influence behavior | |
| 29562699 | Psychoanalytic Perspective | Unconscious motives influence behavior | |
| 29562700 | Learning Perspective | Personal experience and reinforcement guide individual development | |
| 29562701 | Sociocultural Perspective | Sociocultural, biological, and psychological factors create individual differences | |
| 29569731 | confirmation bias | tendency to attend to evident that complements and confirms our beliefs or expectations while ignoring evidence that does not. |
