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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| the view that A. knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and B. science flourishes through observation and experiement |
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| an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind |
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| a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish |
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| historically significant perspective that emphasized the grouth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth |
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| the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors |
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| the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations |
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| the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural levels of analysis |
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| an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis |
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| pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base |
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| scientific study that aims to solved practical problems |
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| a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) an in achieving greater well-being |
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| a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders |
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| a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy |
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