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PSY 110 Unit 1 Exam 100% SolvedMotivation and Emotion Psychology - ✔✔address research questions such as how individuals
persist to attain a difficult goal and how rewards affect the experience of motivation
Personality Psychology - ✔✔study such topics as traits, goals, motives, genetics, personality
development, and well-being
Psychology - ✔✔the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Mental Processes - ✔✔the thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences
privately
but that cannot be observed directly
Behavior - ✔✔everything we do that can be directly observed
Critical Thinking - ✔✔the process of reflecting deeply and actively, asking questions, and
evaluating the evidence
Empirical Method - ✔✔gaining knowledge through the observation of events, the collection
of
data, and logical reasoning
Positive Psychology - ✔✔a branch of psychology that emphasizes human strengths
, Structuralism - ✔✔wundt's approach to discovering the basic elements, or structures, of
mental
processes; so called because of its focus on identifying the structures of the human mind
Functionalism - ✔✔James's approach to mental processes, emphasizing the functions and
purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaptation to the environment
Biological
Approach - ✔✔an approach to psychology focusing on the body, especially the brain and
nervous system
Neuroscience - ✔✔the scientific study of the structure, function, development, genetics, and
biochemistry of the nervous system, emphasizing that the brain and nervous system are
central to
understanding behavior, thought, and emotion
Behavioral Approach - ✔✔an approach to psychology emphasizing the scientific study of
observable behavioral responses and their environmental determinants
Psychodynamic Approach - ✔✔an approach to psychology emphasizing unconscious thought,
the conflict between biological drives (such as the drive for sex) and society's demands, and
early childhood family experiences
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