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AP Psychology: Chapter One
A history of psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/09/2013

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Introspection
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An examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
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Associatism
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A learned connection between two ideas or events
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Structuralism
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The school of psychology, associated with Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings.
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Functionalism
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The school of psychology, usually associated with William James that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes.
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Behaviorism
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The school of psychology, founded by John Watson, that defines psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior."
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Gestalt Psychology
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The school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes.
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Psychoanalysis
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The school of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior.
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Psychodynamic Theory
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Theory that attempts to explain human behavior by emphasizing the influence of unconscious processes
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Humanism
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A school of thought that highlights human qualities, especially free will and possibility of growth
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B.F. Skinner
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behaviorist taht claimed that all behavior was governed by external stimuli
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