AP Psych Unit 1 prologue

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