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| The science of behavior and mental processes. |
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| What is the biological approach to psychology and what are some methods to study it? |
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| The field of psych that seeks to understand the interactions between anatomy and physiology. Brain scans can determine which portion of the brains involved in a particular behavioral process. |
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| What does behavioral genetics psychology ask and what are some methods to study it? |
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| The field of psychology that emphasizes that particular behaviors are attributed to particular, genetically-based psychological characteristics. This field can be studied by genetic analysis. |
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| What is the behavioral approach to psychology? |
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| Says that psych is the study of observable behavior. It says that the mind and mental events are unimportant because it can not be seen. |
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| What is the cognitive approach psychology? |
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| An approach rooted in the idea that to understand peoples behavior, we must first understand how they think. |
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| What is the humanistic approach to psychology? |
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| An approach that emphasizes the study of the whole person. Humanistic psychologists look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the person doing the behaving. They believe that an individual's behavior is connected to their inner feelings and self concept. |
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| What is the psychoanalytic approach to psychology? |
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| Involves the unconscious mind |
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| What is the sociocultural approach to psychology? |
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| Believe that the environment that a person lives in has a great impact on how they behave and how others perceive that behavior. |
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| What is the evolutionary approach to psychology? |
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| An approach that explains behavior in terms of the selective pressures that shape behavior. |
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Term
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Definition
| The science of behavior and mental processes. |
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Term
| What is the biological approach to psychology and what are some methods to study it? |
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Definition
| The field of psych that seeks to understand the interactions between anatomy and physiology. Brain scans can determine which portion of the brains involved in a particular behavioral process. |
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| What does behavioral genetics psychology ask and what are some methods to study it? |
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Definition
| The field of psychology that emphasizes that particular behaviors are attributed to particular, genetically-based psychological characteristics. This field can be studied by genetic analysis. |
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| What is the behavioral approach to psychology? |
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Definition
| Says that psych is the study of observable behavior. It says that the mind and mental events are unimportant because it can not be seen. |
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| What is the cognitive approach psychology? |
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Definition
| An approach rooted in the idea that to understand peoples behavior, we must first understand how they think. |
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| What is the humanistic approach to psychology? |
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Definition
| An approach that emphasizes the study of the whole person. Humanistic psychologists look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the person doing the behaving. They believe that an individual's behavior is connected to their inner feelings and self concept. |
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| What is the psychoanalytic approach to psychology? |
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Definition
| Involves the unconscious mind |
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| What is the sociocultural approach to psychology? |
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Definition
| Believe that the environment that a person lives in has a great impact on how they behave and how others perceive that behavior. |
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| What is the evolutionary approach to psychology? |
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Definition
| An approach that explains behavior in terms of the selective pressures that shape behavior. |
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