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Psychology Prologue
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Functionalism | school of psychology that focused on function of behavioral functioning |
| Behaviorism | psychology should be science-based and we act as a result of stimuli resposes |
| Humanistic Psychology | emphasized potential growth communally and self growth |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | the science of knowing the brain and activities |
| Psychology | science of behavior and mental processing |
| Nature-Nurture Issue | controversy over whether development is of genetics or enviroment |
| Natural Selection | some have better suited traits of survival that get passed down |
| Levels of Analysis | neuroscience, evolutionary, behavior genetics, psychodynamics, behavioral, cognitive, social-cultural |
| Biopsychosocial Approach | approach of mixed of biological, psychological, social- cultural |
| Basic Research | pure science to increase basic knowledge |
| Applied Research | studies to solve problems |
| Counseling Psychology | assists people with life problems such as school, marriage, and work |
| Clinical Psychology | helps with psychological disorders |
| Psychiatry | branch of medicine that treats psychological disorders mentally |
| SQ3R | survey, question, read, rehearse, review |
| Structuralism | early school of psychology which used introspection to explore structural elements of the mind |