CHAPTER 1 - The Nature of Psychology
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| show | the science of behavior and mental processes
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| show | the philosophical position that heredity provides individuals with inborn knowledge and abilities
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| rationalism | show 🗑
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| show | the philosophical position that true knowledge comes through the senses
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| show | the study of the relationship between the physical characteristics of stimuli and the conscious psychological experiences that are associated with them
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| differential psychology | show 🗑
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| structuralism | show 🗑
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| analytic introspection | show 🗑
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| show | the early psychological viewpoint that studied how the conscious mind helps the individual adapt to the environment
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| show | the psychological viewpoint that emphasizes the importance of unconscious causes of behavior
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| psychic determinism | show 🗑
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| behaviorism | show 🗑
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| show | the early psychological viewpoint that claimed that we precieve and think about wholes rather than simply combinataions of separate elements
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| phi phenomenon | show 🗑
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| show | the psychological viewpoint that holds that the proper subject matter of psychology is the individual's subjective mental experience of the world
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| show | a branch of humanistic psychology primarily concerned with the study of subjective mental experience
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| show | a branch of humanistic psychology that studies how individuals respond to the basic philosophical issues of life, such as death, meaning, freedom, and isolation
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| scientific paradigm | show 🗑
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| show | the psychological viewpoint that favors the study of how the mind organizes perceptions, processes information, and interprets experiences
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| biopsychological perspective | show 🗑
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| show | the study of the effects of heredity and life experiences on behavior
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| evolutionary psychology | show 🗑
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| social-cultural perspective | show 🗑
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| cross-cultural psychology | show 🗑
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| show | an approach that studies how cultrual factors affect human behavior an dmental experience
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| show | the field that employs culturally appropriate methods to describe the experience of members of groups that historically have been underrepresented in psychology
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| basic research | show 🗑
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| show | research aimed at improving the quality of life and solving practical problems
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| experimental psychology | show 🗑
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| behavioral neuroscience | show 🗑
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| comparative psychology | show 🗑
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| developmental psychology | show 🗑
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| show | the field that focuses on factors accounting for the differences in behavior and enduring personal characteristics among individuals
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| show | the field that studies how the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other people affects one another's thought, feelings, and behaviors
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| clinical psychology | show 🗑
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| counseling psychology | show 🗑
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| show | the field of medicine that diagnoses and treats psychological disorders by using medical or psychological forms of therapy
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| show | the field that applies psychological principles to the prevention and treatment of physical illness
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| industrial / organizational psychology | show 🗑
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| show | the field that applies psychological principles to improve the academic performance and social behavior of students in elementary, middle, and high schools
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| educational psychology | show 🗑
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| show | the field that applies psychological principles to help amateur and professional athletes improve their performance
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| environmental psychology | show 🗑
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| show | the field that applies psychological principles to reducing conflict and maintaining peace
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