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#lpeleap Chapter 1
History and Approaches
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Empiricism | the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation. |
| Experimental psychology | the study of behavior and thinking using the experiment method. |
| Humanistic psychology | |
| Social-Cultural psychology | |
| Educational psychology | the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning. |
| Industrial/Organizational psychology | |
| Clinical psychology | |
| Psychodynamic psychology | branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders. |
| Level of Ananlysis | |
| Psychometrics | the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits. |
| Psychiatry | branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who often provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy. |
| Socrates & Plato | |
| Aristotle | |
| Rene Descartes | |
| John Locke | |
| Wilhelm Wundt | |
| Edward Titchener | |
| Mary Calkins | |
| Margaret Floy Washburn |