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Second, psychology is a science. Knowledge in psychology is generated through empirical research, a conglomeration of methods that allow for the generation of theories of human behavior and the testing of hypotheses derived from those theories. This set of methods includes both qualitative and quantitative approaches, case studies as
My purpose here is to diagnose psychology’s epistemological woes and provide an overarching conception that clearly defines the proper subject matter of the field and shows how it exists in ...
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APA Dictionary of Psychology SECOND EDITION. ...
Module 4: The Science of Psychology: Tension and Conflict in a Dynamic Discipline Unit 2: Understanding and Using Principles of Memory, Thinking, and Learning Module 5: Memory
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- The University of Melbourne, Australia
- University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
- University of Michigan
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- PREFACE
Editor-in-Chief David Matsumoto San Francisco State University, USA Editorial Advisory Board Jeanette Altarriba
Heidi Keller The University of Melbourne, Australia Ariel Knafo
Ute Schonpfl ug Free University, Berlin, Germany ICS University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Shalom Schwartz
Rita Chang University of Michigan Shirley Y. Y. Cheng
ix Chi Yue Chiu University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign Andrew Christopher
Glenn Roisman University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign Jerome Rossier
Johanneke van der Toorn New York University Joseph A. Vandello
dictionary n. A book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabet-ically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, and the like. psychology n. The study of the mind including consciousness, perception, motivation, behav-ior, the biology of the nervous system in its relation to mind, scien...
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This dictionary provides systematic coverage of these areas, in addition to the basic terminology of psychology and psychiatry, and the definitions contain more explicit factual information and explanation than is available in other dictionaries.
Jun 20, 2011 · This chapter and the next apply the unified theory to solving the problem of psychology and fostering the move toward developing a unified approach to psychotherapy.
