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| 640171277 | psychology | the scientiic study of the human mind and its functions, especially as those functions affect behavior in varied contexts | 0 | |
| 640171278 | Scientific Method | Observe and theorize, formulate a hypothesis, design the study, collect data, apply results to the hypothesis | 1 | |
| 640171279 | Basic Research | seeks new knowledge, advances general scientific understanding | 2 | |
| 640171280 | applied research | solves practical problems, improves the quality of life | 3 | |
| 640171281 | 1800s | when did psychology begin as a formal academic discipline | 4 | |
| 640171282 | Wilhelm Wundt | considered the "father" of psychology | 5 | |
| 640171283 | Wilhelm Wundt | established the first psychological laboratory at the University of Leipzig, Germany | 6 | |
| 640171284 | Wilhelm Wundt | developed introspection | 7 | |
| 640171285 | Introspection | analysis of basic elements of conscious mental experience | 8 | |
| 640171286 | Edward Bradford Titchener | Studied under Wundt, Established a psychological laboratory at Cornell University | 9 | |
| 640171288 | Edward Bradford Titchener | developed structuralism | 10 | |
| 640171289 | structuralism | aimed at analyzing the basic elements, or structure, of conscious mental experience, was criticized for its primary method (introspection) | 11 | |
| 640171290 | structuralism | established psychology as a science | 12 | |
| 640171713 | William James | The main advocate of functionalism | 13 | |
| 640171714 | William James | clarified definition of mental processes as being fluid, and having continuity | 14 | |
| 640171715 | Functionalism | Broadened the scope of psychology and turned it into the study of behavior as well as mental processes | 15 | |
| 640171716 | functionalism | allowed for the study of children, animals, and the mentally impaired | 16 | |
| 640171717 | Behaviorism | school of thought in psychology; says that the environment is the key determinant of behavior. most influencial school of thought in the 1960s | 17 | |
| 640171718 | Psychoanalysis | school of thought in psychology; personality theory developed by sigmund freud; treatment method for psychological disorders | 18 | |
| 640171719 | psychoanalytic theory | individual's thoughts, feelings, and behavior as determined primarily by the unconscious | 19 | |
| 640171720 | Humanistic psychology | school of thought in psychology; humans have the capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health. has a positive view of human capacity | 20 | |
| 640171721 | Positive sychology | the scientific study of psychological characteristics that enable individuals and communities to thrive in the face of adversity | 21 | |
| 640171722 | Cognitive psychology | grew in response to strict behaviorism; studies mental processes i.e. memory, problem solving, reasoning, decision making... | 22 | |
| 640171723 | cognitive psychology | ideas grew from gestalt psychology and information-processing theory | 23 | |
| 640171724 | gestalt psychology | the mind interprets events rather than simply reacting to them | 24 | |
| 640171725 | information-processing psychology | the brain processes information in sequential steps, similar to a computer's serial processing | 25 | |
| 640171726 | evolutionary psychology | investigates human behaviors necessary for survival; how behaviors adapted in the face of environmental pressures ver the course of evolution | 26 | |
| 640171727 | biological psychology | also knows as physiological psychology;studies structures of the brain, neurotransmitters, hormones, effects of heredity; often confused with evolutionary psychology | 27 |
