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AP Psychology Prologuebiopsychosocial approach - correct answer an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. clinical psychology - correct answer a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. counseling psychology - correct answer a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being. empiricism - correct answer the view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment. functionalism - correct answer a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. levels of analysis - correct answer the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. natural selection - correct answer the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. nature-nurture issue - correct answer the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. psychiatry - correct answer a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy psychology - correct answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes structuralism - correct answer an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. Humanistic Psychology - correct answer historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth. basic research - correct answer pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base. applied research - correct answer scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. Data - correct answer information collected through formal observation or measurement. Psychologists use data to answer questions about, and predict human behavior. intuition - correct answer personal feelings and experiences about what the right answer should be. Hindsight bias - correct answer the tendency to think that we could have predicted something that has already occurred that we probably would not have been able to predict. Empirical methods - correct answer the processes of collecting and organizing data and drawing conclusions about those data. scientific method - correct answer is the set of assumptions, rules, and procedures that scientists use to conduct empirical research. Values - correct answer personal statements or beliefs facts - correct answer objective statements verified by empirical evidence. Introspection - correct answer the method used by structuralists. Research subjects are asked to record their mental experiences as they complete mental tasks.