PSYC 102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Evolutionary Psychology, Sq3R, Community Psychology
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Early school of thought promoted by wundt and titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind. Early school of thought promoted by james and influenced by darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function how they enable the organism to adapt, survive and flourish. The view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential. The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make up the development of psychological traits and behaviors. The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection.
