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What is naturalism
This is the worldview assumption that defines the difference between old and new psychology
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Who is Francis Bacon
His philosophy is called empiricism
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What is deductive reasoning
Beginning from one truth and deducing one conclusion from another
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Who is Hippocrates
He was a Greek doctor and philosopher
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What is behaviorism
Explaining the natural laws of behavior
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Who is Edward Titchener
He coined the term structuralism
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What is inductive reasoning
Repeated observations of nature that has become known as the scientific method
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What are blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm
The four body fluids called humors
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What is cognitive psychology
Emphasis on the way we acquire and process information
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Who is Renee Descartes
He believed we can use reason to know things about the world with certainty
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What is introspective
Looking inward to describe subjective mental elements
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What are involuntary behaviors
Reflexes and sensations
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What is neuro-biology
The study of the nervous system's structure and processes
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Who is Wilhelm Wundt
The founder of scientific psychology
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What is humanism
Thought that rejects God and relies on reason and science to define morality
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What is the Third Force
Another name for humanistic psychology
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What is phrenology
The suggestion that the shape of the skull is an indicator of a persons character and personality
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Who is Francis Click
Co-discoverer of DNA
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What is structuralism
Describing mental experiences in terms of complex structures made from simpler structures
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Who is Sigmund Freud
Influential and controversial figure in psychology
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