________ is the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goal of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities thrive.
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Psychometrics
________ is the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes and traits.
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SQ3R
________ is a study method incorporating five steps.
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Culture
________ is the enduring behaviours, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Todays science
________ sees traits and behaviours arising from the interaction of nature and nurture.
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Sigmund Freud
________ coined Psychoanalytic psychology.
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Psychology
________ is known as the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context or the science of behaviour and mental processes.
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Tabula Rasa
________ is a blank slate.
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Structuralism
________ is an early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener, it used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
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Edward Bradford Titchener
________ joined the Cornell University faculty and introduced structuralism.
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Critical thinking
________ is known as the scientific attitude that prepares us to think smarter and harder.
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Natural selection
________ is the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
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Biopsychosocial approach
________- an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social- cultural viewpoints.
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Evolutionary psychology
________ is the study of the evolution of behaviour and the mind, using principles of natural selection.
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Cognitive psychology
________ is the study of mental processes such as occur when perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate and solve problems.
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Cognitive neuroscience
________ is the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition.
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Developmental psychology
________ is a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan.
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Behavioural psychology
________- the scientific study of observable behaviour, and its explanation by principles of learning.
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nature nurture issue
The ________ is the longstanding controversy over the relative contribution that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviours.
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Wilhelm Wundt
created the first psychological laboratory, staffed by Wundt and psychologys first graduate students
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Behaviour genetics
the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behaviour
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Biopsychosocial approach
an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints
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Behavioural psychology
the scientific study of observable behaviour, and its explanation by principles of learning
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Biological psychology
the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes
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Psychodynamic psychology
a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behaviour and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders
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Social-culture psychology
the study of how situations and cultures affect our behaviour and thinking
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