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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/22/2014

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Term
Psychology
Definition
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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Wilhem Wundt
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One of the founders of psychology. Invented Structuralism.
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Structuralism
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Wundts approach to discovering basic elements of mental processes.
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William James
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A psychologist who founded functionalism.

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Functionalism
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James' Approach to emphasizing the functions and purposes of mind and behavior to an individual enviroment.
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Biological approach
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Emphasizing the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their enviromental determinants
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Psychodynamic approach
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Emphasizing unconscious thought between society demands and biological drives
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Humanistic approach
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Emmphasizing a person's positive qualities, for capacity of positive growth.
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Cognitive Approach
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Emphasizing the metnal process of knowing.
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Evolutionary Approach
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Centered on evolutionary ideas such as adaption, reproduction and natural selection
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Sociocultural Approach
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Examines the influences of social and cultural enviroments on behavior.
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