Psychology Chapter 1 - Intro
Terms
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- psychology
- the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
- structuralism
- early school of psychology that emphasized studying the most basic components, or structures, of conscious experiences.
- functionalism
- early school of psychology thsy rmphasized studying the purpose, or function, of behavior and mental experiences.
- psychoanalysis
- personality theory and form of psychotherapy that emphasize the rule of unconscious factors in personality and behavior.
- behaviorism
- school of psychology and theorectical viewpoint that emphasize the study of observable behaviors, especially as they pertain to the process of learning.
- humanistic psychology
- school of psycholoy and theoretical viewpoint that emphasize each person's unique potential for psychological growth and self-direction.
- evolutionary psychology
- the application of principals of evolution, including natural selection, to explain psychological processes and phenomena.
- culture
- the attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a group of people and communicated from one generation to another.
- cross-cultural psychology
- branch of psychology that studies the effects of culture on behavior and mental processes.
- ethnocentrism
- the belief that one's own culture or ethnic group is superior to all others, and the related tendency to use one's own culture as a standard by which to judge other cultures.
- collective cultures
- cultures that emphasize the needs and goals of the group over the needs and goals of the individual.