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Seven thousand years ago, people assumed that psychological problems were caused by .
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A popular practice in the 18th century called was thought to be able to discern intelligence, moral character, and other basic personality characteristics from the shape and number of bumps on a person's skull.
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Wundt's perspective, which became known as , focused on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception, consciousness, thinking, emotion, and other kinds of mental states and activities.
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was a procedure in which people were presented with a stimulus and asked to describe, in as much detail as they could, what they were experiencing.
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is an early approach to psychology that concentrated on what the mind does and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments.
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psychology studied how people consider individual elements together as units or wholes.
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was the first woman to receive a doctorate in psychology and did important work on animal behavior.
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studied memory in the early part of the 20th century and became the first female president of the American Psychological Association.
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Proponents of the perspective argue that behavior is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which we have little awareness or control.
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Much of our understanding of how people learn new behaviors is based on the perspective.
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More than any other approach, the perspective stresses the role of psychology in enriching people's lives and helping them to achieve self-fulfillment.
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According to psychological research, eyewitness testimony in criminal cases is often and .
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Talking on a cell phone impairs people's driving about as much as if they were .







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