Set: Psychology: Prologue

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psychologyscientific study of behavior and mental processes
nature-nurture issuecontroversy over relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
natural selectionamong the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
basic researchpure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
applied researchscientific study that aims to solve practical problems

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Creator thatwickedjumper
Created May 6, 2008
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Subject psychology
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