AP Psychology Vocab - Prologue

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Terms for David Myer's ninth edition AP Psychology textbook's prologue.Prologue: The Story of Psychology


 
  
Created Jan 26, 2011
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Structuralism
 
looking deeper into the mind (introspection) to see what is going on inside of it
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Functionalism
 
How we deal with and make use of our mental and behavioral processes
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Behaviorism
 
A point of view expanding how psychology should be classified as a scientific study of behavior
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Humanistic Psychology
 
a perspective focusing on growth potential for healthy people and someone's own potential to...
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Cognitive Neuroscience
 
the study of how the brain relates to cognition (perception, thinking, memory & language)
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Psychology
 
the science of behavior and mental processes
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Nature-Nurture Issue
 
the issue of either genetics or experience influencing one's mind
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Natural Selection
 
a principle explaining how reproduction and survival traits are genetically inherited
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Levels of Analysis
 
different biological, psychological, and social-cultural analyzing standpoints
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biopsychosocial approach
 
unified approaches that make use of biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of...
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basic research
 
studying in order to attain more knowledge on a topic
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applied research
 
studying in order to solve practical problems
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counseling psychology
 
focuses on assisting people with problems from day to day obligations and relationshipsex:...
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clinical psychology
 
focuses on, and treats, people with psychological disorders
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psychiatry
 
a medical branch that focuses on psychological disorders-treatments include medicines and psychotherapy

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