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AP Psych Midterm 1

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empiricism   the view that a knowledge comes from experience via the senses and science flourishes through observation and experiment  
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structuralism   an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind  
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functionalism   a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt,survive,and flourish  
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nature-nurture issue   the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors  
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natural selection   the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations  
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basic research   pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base  
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applied research   scientific study that aims to solve practical problems  
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clinical psychology   a branch of psychology that studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders  
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psychiatry   a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders, practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy.  
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