AP Psychology - Prologue Vocabulary

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The idea that knowledge comes through experience through senses & science based on observation and experimentation
Empiricism
The practice of using introspection (looking inward) to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
Structuralism
Mental and behavioral processes funtion; enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
Functionalism
The science of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
Nature-nurture issue
Nature selects those organisms best able to survive and reproduce in an enviroment
Natural selection
Pure science aimed to increase knowledge base
Basic research
Scientific study aimed to solve practical problems
Applied research
A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
Clinical psychology
A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy
Psychiatry