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AP Psychology Vocabulary
Module 1 Vocab
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/04/2012

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Empiricism

Definition
knowledge comes from experience, and science is strengthened by observation and analysis rather than opinions.
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Structuralism

Definition
thoughts can be broken down into separate emotions and sensations.
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Functionalism
Definition
focus is on why we behave and think the ways we do.
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Psychoanalysis
Definition
Freud’s theory that people are motivated by unconscious desires.
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Behaviorism
Definition
rewards and punishments encourage and modify actions and thoughts
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Humanistic Perspective
Definition
people are capable of self-directed free will and can positively influence their own lives.
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Cognitive Perspective
Definition
studies the thought and process such as problem solving, intelligence, and language.
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Biological Perspective
Definition
focus on how our brain controls our body and our thoughts.
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Sociocultural Perspective
Definition
examines the influence of cultural norms on thoughts and behaviors.
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Evolutionary Perspective
Definition
certain traits will make an individual more likely to pass on their genetics into the next generation.
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Psychologist
Definition
has a Ph.D degree and works in academic research and teaching
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Psychiatrist
Definition
a medical doctor who prescribes medicine to treat psychological disorders
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Unconscious
Definition
Freud: reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, feelings, wishes, and memories. Contemporary Psychologists: information processing of which we are unaware
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Repressed
Definition
Freud: threatening desires, emotions or impulses that cannot be expressed because of societal rules were suppressed into the unconscious
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Manifest
Definition
to make an appearance.
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