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| Early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchner, used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind. |
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| Early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes functioned. how they enable an organism to adapt, survive and flourish. |
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| What event defined the start of scientific phycology? |
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| Scientific psychology began in 1879 when William Wundt opened the first psychology lab. |
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| Why did introspection fail as a methos for understanding how the mind works? |
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People's self-reports varied, depending on the person's experience and intelligence and verba
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| [blank] used introspection to define the mind's makeup; [blank] focused on how mental processes help us to adapt, survive and flourish. |
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| Structuralism; Functionalism |
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The view that psychology should
1) should be an objective science that
2) studies behavior without reference to mental process
Most research psychologist today agree with 1 but not 2 |
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| Historical significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people. |
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| The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with the cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) |
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| The science of behavior and mental process |
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| The longstanding controversy ovet the relative contribution that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's psychological science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture. |
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| How did the cognitive revolution effect the field of psychology? |
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| It recaptured the field's early interest in mental processes and made them legitimate topics for science. |
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| What is contemporary psychology's position on the nature nurture issue? |
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| Psychological event often stem from the interaction of nature and nurture rather then from either of them. |
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| The principle that, among the range of inherited traits variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to future generations. |
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| The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. |
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| An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and social-cultural levels of analysis. |
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