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| how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences |
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| how the natural selection of traits promotes 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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| 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 situations and cultures |
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| how do perspectives view free will? |
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| "i knew it all along" phenomenon |
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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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| assists people with problems in living (often school, work, marriage) and in achieving greater well-being |
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between 0 and +1
direct relationship, two things increase/decrease together
-the more sexual content teens see on tv, the more likely they are to have sex |
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between 0 and -1
inverse relationship, one thing increases when the other decreases
-the more tv is on in the homes of young children, the less time they spend reading |
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