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The scientific study of mental processes and behavior
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Psychology
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A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
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Psychiatry
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The scientific study of mental processes and behavior
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A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
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An early approach to psychology that tried to identify the basic parts, or structure, of the conscious mind
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An early approach to psychology that tried to discover how the conscious mind functions to help humans survive in their environment
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An early approach to psychology that studied how the mind actively organizes stimuli into meaningful wholes
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An approach to psychology that studies how human behavior is determined by hidden or unconscious motives and desires ; Freudian therapy, as originally practiced by Sigmund Freud
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An approach to psychology that studies observable behavior rather than hidden mental processes
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An approach to psychology that emphasizes human beings' inborn desire for personal growth and their ability to consciously make choices
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A relatively new approach to psychology that studies how people find mental health and happiness in their everyday living
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An approach to psychology that studies how the mind organizes and makes sense of information and experiences ; studies all aspects of thinking, including problem solving, decision making, memory, reasoning, and language
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An approach to psychology that studies how the brain and other areas of our biology influence behavior
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An approach to psychology that studies how social surroundings and culture shape thinking and behavior
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A philosophy of life stressing that the individual is more important than the group
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A philosophy of life stressing that the group is more important than the individual
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Studies behavior by examining biological processes, especially those occurring in the brain
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Studies how people mature and change physically, cognitively, and socially throughout the life span
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Studies basic psychological processes such as sensation, perception, learning, motivation, emotion, and states of consciousness
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Studies how people are influenced by relatively stable internal traits
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Studies how people are influenced by others
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Diagnoses and treats people with psychological disorders, such as depression and schizophrenia.
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Diagnoses and treats people with personal problems that do not involve psychological disorders, including marriage counseling, social skills training, and career planning.
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Focuses on ways to select, motivate, and evaluate employees, as well as improving the management structure and working conditions.
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Assesses and treats both students and the educational environment in order to help students learn and adjust in school.
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german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879
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Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats
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Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
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behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation
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founder of Gestalt psychology
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student under William James who should have earned her Ph.D. from Harvard; Harvard denied her the degree she had earned, offering her a degree from Radcliffe College, which she refused the degree; she became a memory researcher and the American Psychological Association's (APA's) first female president in 1905
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worked to show the negative effects of school segregation on African American children