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History & Approaches
AP Psychology Prologue
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Empiricism | The doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience |
| Structuralism | uses introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind |
| Functionalism | how mental and behavioral processes function |
| Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| Nature- Nuture Issue | longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes an experiences make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors |
| Natural Selection | traits that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on |
| Basic Research | pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
| Applied Research | scientific study that aims to solve practical problems |
| Clinical Psychology | applies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders |
| psychiatry | a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders |