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PSYC 3016 Ch 1

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psychological triad   The three essential topics of psychology: how people think, how they feel, and how they behave.  
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personality psychology   addresses how people feel, think, and behave  
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basic approach   A theoretical view of personality that focuses on some phenomena and ignores others. The basic approaches are trait, biological, psychoanalytic, phenomenological, learning, and cognitive (the last two being closely related).  
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trait approach   The theoretical view of personality that focuses on individual differences in personality and behavior, and the psychological processes behind them.  
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biological approach   The view of personality that focuses on the way behavior and personality are influenced by neuroanatomy, biochemistry, genetics, and evolution.  
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psychoanalytic approach   The theoretical view of personality, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the unconscious processes of the mind.  
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phenomenological approach   The theoretical view of personality that emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life. Closely related to humanistic psychology and existentialism.  
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learning approach   The theoretical view that focuses on how behavior changes as a function of rewards and punishments; also called behaviorism.  
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Funder's First Law   Great strengths are usually great weaknesses, and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well.  
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humanistic psychology   The approach to personality that emphasizes aspects of psychology that are distinctly human. Closely related to the phenomenological approach and existentialism.  
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