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| The scientific study of behavoir and mental processes. |
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| The view that a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and b) science flourishes through observation and experiment. |
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| An early school of thought that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. |
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| A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. |
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| Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth. |
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| The longstanding 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 tontributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. |
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| The differing complementary views for analyzing any given phenomenon. |
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| An integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. |
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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 assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being. |
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| A branch of psychology that studies, asseses, and treats people with psychological disorders. |
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| A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (i.e. drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy. |
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