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PSYCHOLOGY
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The scientific study of mind and behavior
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MIND
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Our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings.
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BEHAVIOR
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Observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
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NATIVISM
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Gthe philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn
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PHILOSOPHICAL EMPIRICISM
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The philosophical view that all knowledge is acquired through experience
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PHRENOLOGY
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A now defunct theory that specific mental abilites and characteristcs ranging form memory to the capactiy for happiness, are localized in specific regions of the brain
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PHYSIOLOGY
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The study of biological processes, especially in the human body
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STIMULUS
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Sensory input from the environment
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REACTION TIME
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The amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulus
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CONSCIOUSNESS
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A person's subjective experience of the world and the mind
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STRUCTURALISM
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The analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind
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INTROSPECTION
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The subjective observation of one's own experience
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FUNCTIONALISM
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The study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment
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NATURAL SELECTION
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Charles darwin's theory that the features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed on to subsequent generations
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ILLUSIONS
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Errors of perception, memory, or judgment in which subjective experience differs from objective reality
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