Psychology Concepts and Terms

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Behavioral

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How learned and observable behaviors impact behavior and mental processes

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Biological

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How biological (genetics, neural, hormonal) and physical processes impact behavior and mental processes

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Cognitive

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How people think about and interpret a situation impacts behavior and mental processes

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Evolutionary

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How the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes

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Humanistic

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How the drive for personal growth and self-actualization impact behavior and mental processes

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Psychodynamic

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How unconscious drive and conflicts impact behavior and mental processes

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Social-Cultural

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How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

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Critical thinking

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Thinking that does not automatically accept arguments and conclusions

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Hindsight bias

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The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it.

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Overconfidence

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The tendency to think we know more than we do