AP PSYCH MODULE 1 VOCAB
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| The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. | ||
| The view that knowledge originates in experiences (via senses) and that science should rely on observation and experimentation. | ||
| An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. | ||
| A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function--how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. | ||
| Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth. | ||
| The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behavior. | ||
| The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproductiom amd survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. | ||
| The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. | ||
| An integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. | ||
| Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. | ||
| Scientific study that aims to solve practicial problems. | ||
| A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being. | ||
| A branch of psychology that studies and assesses and treats people with psychological disorders. | ||
| A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by psychians who sometimes provide medical (drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy. |