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AP PSYCHOLOGY

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Structuralism   based on the notion that the task of psych is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related  
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Introspection   the careful, systematic self observation of one's own conscious experience  
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Functionalism   psych should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness rather than its structure  
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Natural Selection   heritable characteristics that provide a survival or reproductive advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus become "selected over time"  
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Unconscious   contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are below the surface of conscious awareness but that nonetheless exert a great influence on behavior  
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Psychoanalytic Theory   attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior  
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Behaviorism   theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psych should study only observable behavior  
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Behavior   refers to any overt, or observable, response or activity bu an organism  
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Humanism   theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and potential for personal growth  
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Applied Psychology   branch of psych concerned with everyday, practical problems  
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Clinical Psychology   psych concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders  
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Cognition   mental process involved in acquiring knowledge  
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Ethnocentrism   the tendency to view one's own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways  
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Evolutionary Psychology   examines the behavioral process in terms of their adaptive value for members of a species over the course of many generations  
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Positive Psychology   uses theory and research to beter understand the positive, adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence  
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Psychology   the science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems  
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Psychiatry   branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders  
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Empiricism   premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation  
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Theory   system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations  
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Culture   widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of community that are transmitted socially across generations  
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SQ3R   study system designed to promote effective reading which includes: survey, question, read, recite, review.  
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Testwiseness   ability to use the characteristics and format of a cognitive test to maximise one's score  
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Critical Thinking   use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome  
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