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Unit 1

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Term
Definition
Applied Psychology   show
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show Any observable response or activity by an organism  
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Behaviorism   show
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Clinical psychology   show
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show The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge  
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show The use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desired outcome.  
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show The widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations  
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Empiricism   show
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Ethnocentrism   show
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Evolutionary Psychology   show
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show A school of psychology based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure.  
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show A theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and their potential for personal growth.  
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Introspection   show
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Natural selection   show
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show Approach to psychology that uses theory and research to better understand the positive, adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence.  
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show A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders  
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show A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior.  
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Psychology   show
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show A study system designed to promote effective reading by means of five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review.  
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structuralism   show
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show The ability to use the characteristics and format of a cognitive test to maximize one's score  
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Theory   show
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show According to Freud, thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior  
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Gestalt Psychology   show
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Wilhelm Wundt   show
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Edward Titchener   show
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show Scholar who contributed much to the concept of functionalism.  
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show Physician who came up with the concept of psychoanalysis and developed the idea of the unconsciousness.  
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G. Stanley Hall   show
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John B. Watson   show
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B.F. Skinner   show
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Carl Rogers   show
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Martin Seligman   show
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show Founded one of the first dozen psychology laboratories at Wellesley College, first woman to be president of the APA  
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth   show
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Abraham Maslow   show
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Max Wertheimer   show
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Ivan Pavlov   show
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Jean Piaget   show
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show Most known for his theory of evolution; made key observations and discoveries while in the Galapagos Islands relating to the theory.  
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show First woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology, second female president of the APA  
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