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for those in psyc class w/ Professor Cisewski

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psychology definition   the science that tries to understand behavior and mental process and then apply this to help others  
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behavior   how an organism acts and reacts  
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mental processes   the internal, subjective experiences felt due to behavior  
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empiricism   knowledge obtained through senses (e.g. experiment, evaluation, etc)  
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structuralism   the structure of consciousness, the immediate experience arising from senses  
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functionalism   how individuals learn, memorize, ad complete other mental processes  
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psychoanalysis   theory of how personality, mental disorders, and unconscious thought process differs between individuals  
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behaviorism   how individuals behave comparatively (e.g. what is normal? how do people act that is considered normal/weird?)  
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# of psychological approaches   six  
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biological approach   the assumption that behavior and mental process is formed from biological reasons (e.g. heredity)  
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evolutionary approach   the assumption behavior and mental processes are formed due to the evolutionary process of natural selection (similar to biological approach)  
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psychodynamic approach   the assumption that behavior and mental process reflect the constant (and mostly unconscious) psychological fighting ragging within each person of biological and humanistic thoughts  
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cognitive approach   the assumption that behavior and mental process is based off of how people take in information, how the store it, and how they use it  
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behavioral approach   the assumption that behavior is a result from what people learn  
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humanistic approach   the assumption that behavior and mental process is shaped by how a person perceives the world  
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who came up with structuralism   Wandt & Titchene  
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who came up with functionalism   james  
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who came up with psychoanalysis   freud  
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who came up with behavioralism   watson  
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what is biopsychosocial   the biological, psychological and social-culture influences  
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who believed mind and body are separate?   Socrates, Plato, and Descartes  
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who believed mind and body are connected?   Aristotle and Augustine  
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What are the subfields of psychology   biological; developmental; cognitive; personality; clinical, counseling, and community; social; industrial/organizational; educational and school; sport; forensic  
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biological psychology   study of biological factors that shape behavior and mental process  
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