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| the view that knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and science flourishes through observation and experiment |
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| an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind |
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| a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish |
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| the science of behavior and mental processes |
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| the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors |
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| the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passes on to succeeding generations |
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Psychology's current perspectives
1-neuroscience
2-evolutionary
3-behavior genetics
4-psychodynamic
5-behavioral
6-cognitive
7-social-cultural |
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1. how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences
2. how the natural selection of traits promotes the perpetuation of one's genes
3. how much our genes and our environment influence our individual differences
4. how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
5. how we learn observable responses
6. how we encode, process, story, and retrieve info.
7. How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures |
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| pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
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| scientific study that aims to solve practical problems |
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| a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders |
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| a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy |
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