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| The scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Process.he |
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| The use of systematic methodsto ovserve the natural world, including human behavior, and to draw conculsions |
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| Everythings we do that can be directly observed. |
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| The thoughts feelings and motives that each of us experiences privately but cannot be ovserved directly |
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| The process of reflecting deeply and actively asking questions and evaluating the evidence |
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| gaining knowledge through th eovservation of events the collection of data and logical reasoning |
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| A branch of psychology that emphasizes human strengths. |
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| Wundt's approach to discovering th ebbasic elements or structures of mental processes so called because of its focus on identifying the sturctures of human mind. |
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| James's Approach to mental processes, emphasizing the functions and purposes of the mind and behavior in the individuals adaptation to the environment |
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| Darwin's Principle of an evolutionary process in which organisms that are best adapted to their environemtn will survive an dproduce offspring |
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| an Approach to psychology focusing on the body especially the brain and the nervous system. |
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| An Approach to psychology emphasizing th scientific study of observable behavioral responses an dtheir environment determinants. |
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| An Approach to psychology emphasizing unconscious thought the conflict between biological drives an society demands and early childhood family expierences. |
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| an approach to psychology emphasizing a persons positive qualities the capacity for positive growth and the freedom to choose any destiny |
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| an approach to psychology emphasizing the mental processes involved in knowing: how we direct our attention precieve remember think and solve problems |
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| An approach to psychology centered on evolutionary ideas such as adaptation reproduction and natural selection as the basis for explaining specific human behaviors. |
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| An approach to psychology that examines the ways in which social and cultural environments influence behavior. |
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| The Scientific Study of psychological disorders and the development of diagnostic categories and treatments for those disorders. |
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