Ap Psych-ch 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind |
| functualism | a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish |
| expiremental psychology | the study of behavior and thinking using the expirementing method |
| behaviorism | the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes |
| humanistic psychology | historically significent persepctive that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and individuals potential for personal growth |
| cognitive neuroscience | the interdiscipliary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (perception, thinkning, memory, language) |
| psychology | the science of behavior and mental processes |
| nature-nurture issue | the controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. |
| natural selection | the principle that among the rang of inherited trait variations those contributiong to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generation |
| levels of analysis | differeing complementary views from biological to psychological to social-cultural for analyzing any given phenomenon |
| biopsychosocial approach | integrated approach that incorporatese biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis |
| biological psychology | a branch of psych that studies the link btwn biological and psych process (neuroscience and behavior) |
| evolutionary psych | the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection |
| psychodynamic psych | branch of physch that studies how unconcious drives and conflict influence behavior and uses the information to treat the peopl |
| behavioral psych | study of observable behavior and its explanations |
| cognitive phsych | scientific study of mental activities associated with thikning, knowing, remebering, and communicating |
| social cultural phsyc | study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking |
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