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psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
2. science psychology uses systematic methods to observe human
behavior and draw conclusions
3. behavior everything we do that can be directly observed
4. mental process The thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly
5. critical thinking thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
6. empirical
method
gaining knowledge through the observation of events, the
collection of data, and logical reasoning
7. structuralism focus on identifying the elemental parts or structures of
the human mind; William Wundt
8. functionalism A school of psychology that focused on how our mental
and behavioral processes function - how they enable us
to adapt, survive, and flourish; William James
9. natural selection A process in which individuals that have certain inherited
traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than
other individuals because of those traits; Charles Darwin
10. neurons a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
11. glial cells cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and
protect neurons
12. cell body Largest part of a typical neuron; contains the nucleus and
much of the cytoplasm
13. dendrites Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information
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