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Biological perspective   show
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show the psychological forces that influence human feelings, emotions, and behavior  
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show the approach suggests that understanding development is primarily based on observable behavior and external environmental stimuli.  
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show a thought that focuses on the whole person rather than part of them  
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Cognitive perspective   show
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Positive perspective   show
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Cross-cultural perspective   show
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Evolutionary perspective   show
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Biological psychologist   show
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Cognitive psychologist   show
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Developmental psychologist   show
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Experimental psychologist   show
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Personality psychologist   show
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show assess, diagnose and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders  
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Educational psychologist   show
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show study how people interact in social contexts and how psychology can improve those interactions  
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Health psychologist   show
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show focus on the behavior of employees in the workplace  
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show A theory that suggests that events that occur during early development can significantly impact a person's risk of developing certain diseases later in life  
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What diseases have been associated with what happens during prenatal development?   show
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show The question of how much a person’s characteristics are formed by either “nature” or “nurture.  
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show damage to one side affects the opposite side of the body  
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What important brain discovery was made in the early the 1800s?   show
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show That the mind and body are separate entities but work together which means our mental states can affect our physical conditions  
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show focuses on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components  
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Functionalism school   show
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show theory of learning suggests that all behavior are acquired through conditioning which occurs through interaction with the environment  
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show they look at human mind and behavior as a whole  
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Psychoanalysis school   show
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Structuralism founder   show
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Functionalism founder   show
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Behaviorism founder   show
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Gestalt founder   show
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show Sigmund Freud  
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show analyze the basic elements of the mind  
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show the function and purpose of mental processes in adapting to one's environment  
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show the study of observable behavior  
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show perception was based on seeing things as a complete whole, not as separate components  
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show childhood experience, particularly the psychosexual stages  
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Who established the first psychological lab in Germany in 1879?   show
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What was introspection?   show
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show the basic elements of conscious experience, like thoughts, feelings, and sensations  
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show Structuralism  
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show G. Stanley Hall mentored Francis Sumner, the first African American to receive a PhD in psychology. He helped establish developmental psychology. Sumner is known for paving the way for other Black psychologists at Howard University.  
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show Mary Whiton Calkins  
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show Margaret Floy Washburn  
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show William James  
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Who wrote Principles of Psychology?   show
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What were the contributions of the School of Functionalism?   show
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Whose research influenced John B. Watson?   show
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How did Watson see the new science of psychology?   show
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What was the focus of the Gestalt school?   show
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show Classical schools prioritize conscious thought and rational analysis, often focusing on philosophy and literature, while Psychoanalysis focuses on the unconscious mind and repressed desires and memories.  
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show Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers  
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When was the humanistic movement perspective established?   show
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show The bottom two levels are physiological needs and safety needs. Next are social and esteem needs—also referred to as psychological needs. Self-actualization needs are at the top level  
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What does it mean to be self-actualized?   show
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show Albert Einstein for his significant contributions to science and profound intellectual capacity, and Mother Teresa for her unwavering dedication to serving the poor and demonstrating profound compassion and altruism  
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