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The Science of Psychology

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Physiological Psychology   show
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show The study of the behavior of members of a variety of species in an attempt to explain behaviors in terms of evolutionary adaptations to the environment.  
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Behavioral Genetics   show
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Casual Events   show
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Cognitive Neuroscience   show
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Developmental Psychology   show
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Social Psychology   show
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Cognitive Psychology   show
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Evolutionary Psychology   show
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show Devoted to the investigation and treatment of abnormal behavior and mental disorders.  
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Organizational Psychology   show
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show Father of modern philosophy and a biological tradition that led to modern physiological psychology. Advocated a rationalistic approach. Believed that the body was a machine affected by natural causes that produced natural effects.  
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John Locke   show
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Empiricism   show
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Materialism   show
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Paul Broca   show
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Determinism   show
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show Looking within in an attempt to describe memories, perceptions, cognitive processes, or motivations.  
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show Theory said that evolution occurred in response to the natural selection of inheritable traits. Suggested that scientists could best explain behavior by understanding its role in the adaption to its environment. Root of Functionalism.  
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Behaviorism   show
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show Used by cognitive psychologists to explain the workings of the brain, information received by the senses is processed by systems of neurons in the brain.  
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show Suggested several simple principles by which the nervous system organized itself into special circuits that could represent mental activity.  
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show Belief that reality consists of mind and matter.  
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John Dewey   show
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Maria Montessori   show
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