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AP Psychology- Prolo
Prologue-Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| Empiricism | -knowledge comes from experience -science works best through observations and experiences |
| Funcionalism | how the mind functions, adapts, survives, flourishes. |
| Humanistic Psycology | study growth potential "softer" |
| Nature Vs. Nurture | debate wether you get your charachteristics and traits from birth or from experieces |
| Natural Selection | the traits that contribute to survival will most likely survie |
| Levels of analysis | biological, psychological, social-culture |
| Basic research | aims to increase the scientific knowledge |
| applied reasearch | aims to solve practicle problems |
| counseling psychology | branch of psychology that helps people with problems in living (ex:school, work, marriage) |
| Clinical Psychology | branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders (ex: bipolar, depression) |
| Psychiatry | branch of medicine dealing with psychological disordrs. perscribes medicine |
| Structuralism | explore the stucture of the human mind |