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Chapter 1~ Psychology's History and Approaches

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Empiricism   show
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Structuralism   show
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show the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method  
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show the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking  
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Psychometrics   show
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Functionalism   show
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Levels of Analysis   show
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show branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who often provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy  
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show Grecian philosophers who concluded that the mind is separable from the body and continues after the body dies, and that knowledge is innate- born within us  
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show creator of structuralism and the idea of introspection  
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show student of Plato who stated that knowledge is NOT preexisting; instead it grows from the experiences stored in our memories  
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Rene Descartes   show
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Wilhelm Wundt   show
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show philosopher who used Darwin's principles of natural selection to create functionalism; thinking developed because it was adaptive  
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