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| emperical | Relying on or dervied from oberservation, experimentation, or measurement |
| psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical and mental state, and external environment |
| critical thinking | ability and willingness to assess claims and to make judgements on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence, rather than emotion or anecdote |
| structuralism | early approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements |
| functionalism | early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness |
| psychoanalysis | theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formultaed by Sigmund Frued, that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts |
| biological perspective | psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and emotions |
| learning perspective | psychological approach that emphasizes how the enviornment and experience affect a person's or animal's actions; it includes behaviorism and social-cognitive learning theories |
| cognitive perspective | psychological approach tha emphasizes mental processes i perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior |
| sociocultural perspective | psychological approach that emphasizes social and cultural influences on behavior |
| psychodynamic perspective | psychological approach that emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy |
| humanist psychology | psychological approach that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of human potential, rathe than the scientific understanding and assessments of behavior |
| feminist psychology | psychological approach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the two sexes |
| basic psychology | study of psychological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its pratical application |
| applied psychology | study of psychological issues that have direct practical significance and the application of psychological findings |
| dualism | assumption that the body and mind are seperate, though perhaps interacting, entities (Descartes) |
