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| The science of behavior and mental processes |
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To observe/describe behavior
To explain behavior
To predict future behavior
To modify/control behavior |
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| The long-standing 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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| How the body and brain create emotions, memories, and sensory experiences. |
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| How nature selects traits that promote the perpetuation of one's genes. |
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| Behavior Genetics Perspective |
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| How much our genes, and our environment, influence our individual differences. |
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| Psychodynamic Perspective |
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| How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. |
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| How we learn observable responses. |
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| How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information. |
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| Social-Cultural Perspective |
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| How behavior and thinking vary across cultures and situations. |
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| Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. |
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| Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. |
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| A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people wih psychological disorders. |
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| A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments (medications, for example) as well as psychological therapy. |
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