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unit 1 vocab p1
psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| critical thinking | thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and asses conclusions. |
| behaviorism | the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to the mental processes |
| humanistic psychology | a historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential |
| cognitive psychology | the study of mental processes, such as occur when we perceive, learn,remember, think, communicate, and solve problems. |
| cognitive neuroscience | the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) |
| psychology | the science of behavior and mental processes |
| nature-nurture issue | the long standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make that development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture. |
| natural selection | the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations |
| evolutionary psychology | the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using the principles of natural selection |
| positive psychology | the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive |
| biopsychosocial approach | an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social- cultural view points |
| behavioral psychology | the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning |
| biological psychology | the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes |
| psychodynamic psychology | a branch of psychology that studies how the unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders |
| social-cultural psychology | the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking |
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julianna merrill
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