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| Name 4 of the 8 major specialized areas of psychology |
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- clinical - counseling
- school - educational
- developmental - personality
- experimental - social |
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| Name 3 of the 6 minor areas of psychology |
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- industrial -organizational
- environmental - consumer
- forensic - health |
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| Name 4 of the 7 perspectives |
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- biological - cognitive
- humanistic - evolutionary
- learning - psychoanalytic
- sociocultural |
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| name the schools of psychology(6) |
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- functionalism
- structuralism
- psychoanalysis
- behaviorism
-reinforcement
-gestalt school |
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| what are the 5 main goals of psychology |
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| observe-describe-explain-predict-control the bhavior |
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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| any action that ppl can observe or measure |
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| private mental processes, such as thoughts and memories |
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| a research method in which psychologists collect data by asking questions of ppl in a particular group |
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| type of psychologists who focus on helping ppl with psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression |
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| a statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do |
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| type of psychologists who deal with ppl who have adjustment problems |
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| type of psychologists who are involved in preparing standardized tests |
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| type of psychologists who conduct research into basic processes, such as the functions of the nervous system or sensation and perception |
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| type of psychologists who study the psychological effects of the environment on ppl's behavior |
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| psychologists who work w/in the criminal justice system |
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| ancient Greek who believed that ppl could learn much about themselves through introspection |
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| individual who established the first psych lab in Leipzig, Germany |
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| school of psych that is concerned with discovering the basic elements of conscious experience |
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| school of psych that forces on how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment |
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| psychologist who believed that experience is a fluid and continuous "stream of consciousness" |
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| school of psych that maintains that organisms behave in certain ways bc they are reinforced for doing so |
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| psychologist who introduced the concept of reinforcement |
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| school of psych that maintains that human behavior is determined by unconscious motives |
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| perspective of psych that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior |
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| perspective of psych that stresses the importance of human consciousness, self awareness, and the capacity to make choices |
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| perspective of psych that stresses the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior |
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| perspective of psych that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior |
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| perspective of psych that examines the effects of factors such as ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomics |
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