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| the view that psychology 1 should be an objective science that 2 studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research pyschologisttoday agree with 1 but not 2 |
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| historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people |
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| from the 1920's throught the 60's the two major forces in psychology were |
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| it recaptured the field's early interest in mental processes and made them legitimate topics for scientific study. |
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| how did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology? |
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| the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition |
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| the science of behavior and mental processes |
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| the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experiece make to the deveolpment of psychological traits and behaviors. today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from this. |
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| th 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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| the differing complementaru views, from biologival to pychologicalto social-cultural, for analyzing any give phenomenon |
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| an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and and social-cultural levels of analysis |
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| psychological events often stem from the interaction of nature and nurture, rather than from either of them actiong alone. |
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| what is pyschology's position on nature vs nurture? |
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| pure science that aims to increase the scientic knowledge base. |
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| scientific study that aims to solve practical prblems |
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| a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living |
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| a branch of psychology that studies, assasses, and treats people with psychological disorders. |
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| a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who someimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy |
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| the scientific study of human functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive. |
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| a branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social enviroments and how social institutions affect indiiduals and groups |
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