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B.F. Skinner
This famous psychologist dealt with learning behavior based on reinforcement and punishment
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Biopsychological approach
an integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of approach
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Structuralsim
An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
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Biological psychology
A branch of psychology concerned with links between biology and behavior
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Ivan Pavlov
In his famous research with dogs this psychologist developed classical conditioning
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Humanistic approach
A historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people
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Functionalism
A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function
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Social psychology
The scientific study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another
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Charles Darwin
He studied evolution and published a book about it called "The Origin of Species"
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Evolutionary approach
Using principles of natural selection, this combines evolution of behavior with the mind
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Behaviorism
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
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Counseling psychology
A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and achieving greater well-bieng
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Margret Fly Washburn
The first woman to receive a psychology Ph.D.
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Psychodynamic approach
This type of approach says our behavior is determined by unconscious forces of which we don't know about
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Gestalt
These psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into a whole
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Industrial organization (I/O) psychology
the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
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Wilhelm Wundt
He established the first psychological laboratory at the university of Leipzig, Germany
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Sociocultural approach
Society and culture form cognition according to this approach
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Humanism
The value and agency of human beings sits high in this vie of psychology.
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Psychometric
The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality trait
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