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| the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree one with but not with the other |
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| Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth. |
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| the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activity (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) |
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| the science of behavior and mental process |
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| thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, uncovers hidden values, weighs evidence, and assesses conclusions |
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| an integrated approach that incorporates different but complementary views from biological, psychological, and social-cultural perspective |
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| the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next |
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| the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's psychological science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture. |
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| the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks |
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