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| The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. |
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| First goal of psychology; identifying an describing a new behavior. |
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| Second goal of psychology; analyzing description to understand why behavior occurs. |
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| Third goal in psychology; using information gathered in description and explanation to predict when and if the behavior will occur again. |
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| Fourth goal of psychology; using information gathered from description and explanation to modify a behavior. |
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| the process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities. |
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| (1867-1927)student of Wilhelm Wundt, developed the idea of structuralism. |
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| study of the structure of the mind. |
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| (1842-1910)First instructor of psychology at Harvard; developed the idea of functionalism. |
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| The study of how the mind allows people to function in the real world. |
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| Psychology that studies the whole rather than its parts. Basis of cognitive psychology. |
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| The basic idea of modern psychotherapy; developed by Sigmund Freud. |
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| Psychodynamic Perspective |
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| Modern form of psychoanalysis. Focuses on the unconscious or subconscious mind. |
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| Modern form of behaviorism; focuses on how behaviors are learned through different methods. |
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| Psychological viewpoint that insists people have free will and strive to be the best that they can be. |
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| Focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, etc. Concerned with how the brain learns and retains information. |
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| The study of the physical workings of the brain as it concerns cognitive processes. |
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| Sociocultural Perspective |
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| Combination of social and cultural psychology; focuses on understanding why we behave differently in different settings and circumstances. |
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| Biopsychological perspective |
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| Views human and animal behavior as a direct reaction to events in the body. |
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| Focus on the biological bases for universal mental characteristics shared by all humans. |
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| Has no medical training, but does have a doctorate degree in psychology. |
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| A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. |
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| Psychiatric Social Worker |
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| Focuses on social work and has a degree in that area. |
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