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AP Psychology Prologue Vocab
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Psychology
11th Grade
08/20/2014

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psychology
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the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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empiricism
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the view that knowledeg comes from experience via the senses, and science flourishes through observation and experiment.
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structuralism
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an early school of psych. that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind.
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functionalism
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a school osf psych. that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function--how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
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humanistic psych.
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historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth of potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth.
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nature-nurture issue
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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
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the principle trait 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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levels of analysis
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the differing complementary views, from biological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon.
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biopsychosocial approach
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an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis.
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basic research
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pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge
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applied research
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scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
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counseling psychology
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a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and in achieving a greater well-being
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clinical psychology
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a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
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psychiatry
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a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological treatment.
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