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Master the fundamentals of psychology with this comprehensive overview of brain, behavior, and research methods. This study guide is perfect for students looking to understand key concepts, improve exam performance, and save study time.

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a level of psychological analysis that involves the activity,
structure, and properties of the organ itself—including brain
level of the brain cells and their connections, the chemical solutions in which
they exist, and genes


a level of psychological analysis that involves relationships
between people (such as love, competition, and cooperation),
level of the person relationships among groups, and cultures




the combination of a person's knowledge, beliefs (including
ideas, explanations, and expectations), desires (such as
mental contents hopes, goals, and needs), and feelings (such as fear, sadness,
joy, and guilt)


the actions involved in thinking, including those needed for
completing physical actions, paying attention, perceiving
mental processes sensations, and remembering the past



a level of psychological analysis that involves understanding
an individual's behavior in the context of their relationships
level of the group with other people or the behavior of a group of people as a
whole


a school of psychology concerned with analyzing the mind
by looking at its smallest and simplest components and
structuralism seeing how they fit together to form complete experiences




consciousness the state of being aware of the self and of the world

the technique of observing interior mental events as they
introspection occur or immediately after they occur

a school of thought in psychology that sought to understand
how the mind helps individuals adapt to the world around
functionalism them and function effectively in it

, the theory that certain organisms in every species, from ants
to oak trees, possess characteristics that enable them to
natural selection survive and reproduce more fruitfully than others



inborn characteristics that help an organism survive and
adaptation produce many offspring

psychologists who focus on the macro-level of psychology,
considering the behavior as a whole, rather than the micro-
gestalt psychologists level view of the parts


the condition of being unaware of the outside world and
unconscious unable to bring oneself into awareness at will

unconscious psychological strategies that protect a person
from anxiety based on unacceptable thoughts or feelings
defense mechanisms


a psychological theory that specifies that mental events are
engaged in continual push-and-pull interactions among
conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings; its goal is
psychodynamic theory enlightenment on how such interactions affect behavior




a school of thought in psychology that assumes people have
positive values, free will, and deep inner creativity
humanistic psychology


a school of thought in psychology that attempts to
characterize mental events that allow information to be stored
cognitive psychology and operated on internally


a school of thought in psychology that blends cognitive
psychology and neuroscience to explain how the brain stores
cognitive neuroscience and processes information


a school of thought in psychology that places great value on
the characteristics and experiences of women
feminist psychology

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