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| The study of human and animal behavior |
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| Where do psychologists work? |
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| educational settings, hospitals, independent practices, businesses |
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| Describe, Explain, Predict, Influence |
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| Psychology's ultimate goal |
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| Gain knowledge & benefit humanity |
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| behavior is the result of nervous system functions |
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Behavior is the product of learning and associations
NO FREE WILL |
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Humans are basically good. They can help themselves.
FREE WILL |
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| Behavior is the product of unconscience, unobservable behavior. Emphasis is on early childhood and hidden impulses. |
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| Behavior is the result of mental processes. |
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| Behavior is the result of rules and expectations of social groups and cultures. |
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| An individual system of two or more approaches used by most modern psychologists. |
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| Work in educational settings to treat disorders...both |
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| Give presentations to maintain mental health...applied...educational/health centers |
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| Work with people to overcome daily troubles. educational settings, clinics, private |
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| study maturation process...research..universities |
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| both...deal with workplace...govt. businesses |
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| research....study how people learn |
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| Help people overcome educational difficulties...applied |
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| Study how society influences the individual...research |
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| Dealing with an organism's physical processes |
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| dealing with an organism's thinking and understanding |
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| set up the first laboratory for psychology in 1879 in Leipzig, Germany. Believed in sensations and feelings & introspection! |
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| someone who is interested in the basic elements of human experience |
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| Father of psychology. wrote first psychology text book |
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| thinking, feeling, and learning |
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| James believed they helped us survive as a species |
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| William james is a ....functionalist? |
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| someone who is interested the mental processes that help people and animals adjust to their environment |
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| inheritable traits theory: believed greatness ran in families |
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| sum of parts = whole. whole pattern is big picture! |
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| study of animals reveals something about humans |
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| studied Rhessus monkeys...communication with motherly figure |
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