psychology - correct answer ✔the scientific study of mental activity and
behavior, which are based on brain processes
critical thinking - correct answer ✔systematically evaluating information to
reach conclusions best supported by evidence
structuralism - correct answer ✔an approach to psychology based on the
idea that conscious experience can be broken down into its basic underlying
components
functionalism - correct answer ✔an early school of thought concerned with
the adaptive purpose, or function, of mind and behavior
natural selection - correct answer ✔the basis of evolution; the idea that those
who inherit characteristics that help them adapt to their particular environment
have a selective advantage over those who do not
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔the idea that our thoughts and
actions are influenced by specific unconscious forces
gestalt theory - correct answer ✔the idea that the whole of personal
experience is different from simply the sum of its parts
behaviorism - correct answer ✔a school of though that emphasizes the role
of environmental forces in producing behavior