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Psychology
12th Grade
05/06/2009

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Term
Psychology
Definition
science of behavior and mental process
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Nature-Nurture Issue
Definition
Controversy;genes and experience make to development of psychological traits and behaviors
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Natrual Selection
Definition
among range of inherited trait variations those contributing to reproduction and survival will be passed down to succeding generations
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Basic research
Definition
pure science that aims to incease the scientific knowledge base
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Applied research
Definition
Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
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Clinical Psychology
Definition
Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
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Psychiatry
Definition
deals with psychological disorders provides medical treatment and psychological therapy
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Hindsight bias
Definition
I knew it all along phenomenon
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Critical thinking
Definition
kind of thinking that does not blindly accept arguements; you examine,evaluate evidence, and assess conclusions
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Theory
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