PSY 110 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Endorphins, Heart Valve, Neuroglia
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Psychology - study of behavior and mental processes. Structuralism - a method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience. Functionalism - the theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by their cause, their effect on other mental states, and their effect on behavior. Natural selection evolutionary perspective; fittest members of society live longer. Psychoanalysis - therapeutic approach where the therapist and the patient work together to bring the contents of the patient"s unconscious into the patient"s conscious awareness. Gestalt theory find out how people experience sensory input; in opposition to structuralism. Behaviorism investigates the observable environmental effects on behavior. Cognitive psychology study of mental processes; memory, thinking, decision-making. Social psychology study of how people are affected by their social environment and interpersonal relationships. Culture made up of beliefs, values, rules, norms, and customs that people learn from one another when they share a common language or environment.
