Psychology- chapter1
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| Applied Research | Research designed to solve specific, practical problems.
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| Basic Research | Research that reflects the quest of knowledge purely for its own sake.
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| Behavioral Neuroscience | Examines brain processes and other physiological functions that underlie our behavior, sensory experiences, emotions, and thoughts.
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| Behavioral Perspective | View that emphasizes how the environment and learning experiences shape and control behavior.
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| Behavior Genetics | Study of how behavioral tendencies are influenced by genetic factors.
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| Behaviorism | School of thought that emphasizes environmental control of behavior through learning.
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| Biological perspective | A view that focuses on the role of biological factors in behavior.
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| British Empiricism | The idea that all ideas and knowledge are gained through the senses.
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| Cognitive Behaviorism | Learning experiences and the environment influence our expectations and other thoughts, and in turn our thoughts influence how we behave.
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| Cognitive Neuroscience | Uses sophisticated electrical recording and brain-imaging techniques to examine brain activity while people engage in cognitive tasks.
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| Cognitive Perspective | Examines the nature of the mind and how mental processes influence behavior.
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| Cognitive Psychology | Focuses on the study of mental processes.
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| Collectivism | Individual goals are subordinated to those of the group and personal identity is defined largely by the ties that bind one to the extended family and other social groups.
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| Cultural Psychology | Explores how culture is transmitted to its members and examines psychological similarities and differences among people from diverse cultures.
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| Culture | Values, beliefs, behaviors, and traditions that are shared by a large group of people and passed from one generation to the next.
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| Defense Mechanisms | Psychological techniques that hep us cope with anxiety and the pain of traumatic experiences.
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| Evolutionary Psychology | Growing discipline that seeks to explain how evolution shaped modern human behavior.
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| Functionalism | Psychology should study the functions of its consciousness rather than its structure.
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| Gestalt Psychology | Examines how elements of experience are organized into wholes.
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| Humanistic Perspective | Emphasizes free will, personal growth, and the attempt to find meaning in one's existence.
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| Individualism | An emphasis on personal goals and self-identity based primarily on one's own attributes and achievements.
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| Interaction | The way in which one factor influences behavior depends on the presence of another factor.
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| Mind-body Dualism | The belief that the mind is a spiritual entity not subject to physical laws that govern the body.
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| Monism | Holds that mind and body are one and that the mind is not a separate spiritual entity.
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| Natural Selection | If an inherited trait gives certain advantage over others, these members will be more likely to survive and pass these characteristics on to their offspring.
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| Neurotransmitters | Chemicals released by nerve cells that allow them to communicate with one another.
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| Norms | Rules that specify what behavior is acceptable and expected for members of that group.
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| Object Relations Theory | Early experiences with caregivers shape the views that people form of themselves and others.
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| Positive Psychology Movement | Emphasizes the study of human strengths, fulfillment, and optimal living.
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| Psychoanalysis | Analysis of internal and primarily unconscious psychological forces.
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| Psychodynamic Perspective | Searches for the causes of behavior within the inner workings of our personality emphasizing the role of unconscious processes.
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| Psychology | Scientific study of behavior and the mind.
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| Social Constructivism | Maintains that what we consider "reality" is largely our own mental creation.
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| Socialization | Process by which culture is transmitted to new members and internalized by them.
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| Sociocultural Perspective | Examines how the social environment and cultural learning influence our behavior, thoughts, and feelings.
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| Structuralism | Analysis of the mind in terms of its basic elements.
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