The discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment.

Replying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement.

Assessing claims and making objective judgements on the basis of well supported reasons and evidence rather than emotion or anecdote.

The now-discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read" from bumps on the skull

An early psychological approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements.

An early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.

A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formulated by Sigmud Freud, that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.

Biological perspective

A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes, associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.

Evolutionary psychology

A psychological approach emphasizing evolutionary mechanisms that may help explain human commodities in cognition, development, emotion and social practices.

A psychological approach that includes behaviorism and social-cognitive learning theories and emphasizes now the environment and experience affect actions.

Cognitive perspectives

A psychological approach that emphasizes the mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.

Sociocultural prespective

A psychological approach emphasizes social and culture influences on behavior.

A psychological app roach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the 2 sexes.

The study of psychological issues for the sake of knowledge rather than for its practice and application.

The study and application of psychological issues that have direct practical significance.

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Psych ch 1

Chapter 1

Term	Definition
Psychology	The discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment.
Empirical	Replying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement.
Critical thinking	Assessing claims and making objective judgements on the basis of well supported reasons and evidence rather than emotion or anecdote.
Phrenology	The now-discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read" from bumps on the skull
Structuralism	An early psychological approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements.
Functionalism	An early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.
Psychoanalysis	A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formulated by Sigmud Freud, that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.
Biological perspective	A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes, associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.
Evolutionary psychology	A psychological approach emphasizing evolutionary mechanisms that may help explain human commodities in cognition, development, emotion and social practices.
Learning perspective	A psychological approach that includes behaviorism and social-cognitive learning theories and emphasizes now the environment and experience affect actions.
Cognitive perspectives	A psychological approach that emphasizes the mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.
Sociocultural prespective	A psychological approach emphasizes social and culture influences on behavior.
Feminist psychology	A psychological app roach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the 2 sexes.
Basic psychology	The study of psychological issues for the sake of knowledge rather than for its practice and application.
Applied psychology	The study and application of psychological issues that have direct practical significance.

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