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Psychology
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The scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of humans and other animals
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Scientific method
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Provides reliable information as opposed to subjective opinions
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Theories
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Tentative attempts to organize and explain a body of data, facts, or observations
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American Psychological Association
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Tha large and well-established organization that today is more closely aligned with applied, as opposed to academic pysch
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American Pyschological Society
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Organization with the stated purpose of representing the academic and research interests of psychology
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Behaviorism
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Rejected the study of mental processes and emphasized the study of the relationship between stimuli and responses
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Functionalism
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Emphasizes the practical nature of the mind
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Gestalt psychology
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Believes the relationship between the parts is more importnat then the individual parts
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Humanistic psychology
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Emphasizes the role that ffree chocie and conscious rational choices have on human behavior
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Psychoanalysis
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Emphasized the role of the unconscious mind adn hte sexual urges in influencing human behavior
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Structuralism
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Attempts to reduce conscious experience to its basic elements
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Freud
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Developed his approach was a result of treating emotionally disturbed indiviuduals
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James
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Was strongly influenced by Darwins Theory of Natural Selection
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Maslow and Rogers
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Believed that people have a natural tendency to strive for self-actualization or the attainment of their fullest potential
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Watson
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Pioneered the stimulus-response approach to psychology and emphasized objectively verifiable phenomena
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