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| the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements to investigate how these elements are related. |
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| the careful, systematic self observation of ones own conscious experience. |
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| the belief that psychology should investigate the function or the purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure |
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| heritable characteristics that provide a survival or reproductive advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus come to be "selected" over time. |
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| it contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of the conscious awareness but nonetheless exert a great influence on ones behavior. |
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| attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior. |
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| is theoretical orientation based on the promise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior. |
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| any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. |
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| a theorectical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and their potential for personal growth. |
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| the branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. |
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| the branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders |
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| the mental processes involved in a |
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