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Social science - correct answer ✔systematic study o people
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Psychology - correct answer ✔scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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Hard Science - correct answer ✔Defined by degree {one can state, test, prove/reject
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hypothesis} *chemistry, physiology} |||||| ||||||




Soft Science - correct answer ✔discipline that interprets human behavior on scientific
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investigation which may be difficult to establish measurable criteria *Philosophy,
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psychology*


2 parent disciplines of psychology - correct answer ✔philosophy and physiology
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Wundt - correct answer ✔father of psychology, 1st psych lab in leipzing, Germany in 1879.
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gave credibility to psych as science through reseach (life blood of psychology)
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Structuralism - correct answer ✔Titchener. theory of consciousness which breaks down
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mental processes into basic, structural, units through the use of empiricism and
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introspection

, Funtionalism - correct answer ✔James.theory which focuses on the purpose of |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




consciousness and mental behavior; consciousness is not static; it is ever changing - mind
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adapts to changing environments -"stream of consciousness"; gave rise to modern-day
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applied psychology.
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psychoanalytic - correct answer ✔freud |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




behaviorism - correct answer ✔pavlov/watson(Classical Cond) Skinner (operant Cond)
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Cognitive - correct answer ✔piaget/vygotsky
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Humanistic - correct answer ✔Maslow/rogers |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Bio-psyhcological - correct answer ✔Darwin/Buss |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Nature - correct answer ✔Biological perspective exaplins behavior in terms of biology(brain,
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genetics, etc.
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Nurture - correct answer ✔sociocultural perspective (explains behavior in ones
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social/cultural context, how they're raised, environment) |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Nature - correct answer ✔nativism, inheritance, DNA/RNA twist, physical make-up, heredity
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Nurture - correct answer ✔Tabula rasa, environment, experiences, learning, upbringing,
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parenting style, culture |||||| ||||||




Nativism - correct answer ✔Rousseau; characters are innate/ come into world with them
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