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AP Vocab Unit 1
Term | Definition |
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critical thinking | thinking the does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions |
empiricism | the idea that knowledge comes from experience, and that observations and experimentation enable scientific knowledge |
structuralism | an early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener, used introspection to revel the structure of the human mind. |
introspection | the process of looking inwards in an attempt to directly observe ones own psychological processes |
functionalism | an early school of thought promoted by James and influenced Darwin, how mental and behavioral processes enable organisms to adapt and survive. |
behaviorism | the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. |
humanistic psychology | a historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth |
cognitive psychology | the study of mental process |
cognitive neuroscience | the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition |
psychology | the science of behavior and mental process |
nature-nurture issue | the controversy over the relative contributes that genes and experiences make to the developments of physiological traits and behaviors. |
natural selection | the principle that inherited traits that better enable an orgasm to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. |
evolutionary psychology | the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection |
positive psychology | the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths. |
biopsychosocial approach | an integrated approach that incorporates biological, physiological and social-cultural viewpoints. |
behavioral psychology | the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning |
biological psychology | a scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes |
psychodynamic psychology | a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses it to treat disorders. |
social-cultural psychology | the study of how situations and cultures affect out behavior and thinking. |