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Chapter 1
Introducing Psychology
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Psychology
11th Grade
06/07/2011

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physiological
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having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
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cognitive
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having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
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psychology
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the scientific study of animal and human behaviour that is tested through scientific research
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hypothesis
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an assumption of prediction about behaviour that is tested through scientific research
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Wilhelm Wundt
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set up the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879
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scientific method
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a general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized
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Sir Francis Galton
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19th century English mathematician and scientist who declared that the "most fit" humans were those with high intelligence
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explain, describe, predict
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three goals of psychology
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Sigmund Freud
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a physician from Vienna who was interested in the unconscious mind and believed that dreams are expressions of the most primitive unconscious urges
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Jean Piaget

 

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cognitive Swiss psychologist who spent much of his professional life studying children
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Basic science
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the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
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applied science
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discovering ways to use scientific finding to accomplish practical goals
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Gestalt psychology
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branch of psychology that emphasizes that

perception is more than the sum of its parts

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Psychiatrists
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medical professionals who treat people with

disturbed behaviours (mental, emotional, or behavioural)

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Psychologists
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a scientists who studies the mind and behaviour of humans and animals

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clinical psychologists
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psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
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Counselling psychologists
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a psychologists who helps people deal with problems of everyday life
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Educational psychologists
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a psychologists who is concerned with helping

students learn

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Environmental psychologists
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a psychologists who studies the effects of the environment on people

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