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Psychology ✔✔The study of emotion, cognition, and behavior, and their and interaction. Motivation ✔✔The process that energizes and/or maintains a behavior. Cognition ✔✔The process of rec... eiving, processing, storing, and using information. Behaviorism ✔✔The school of psychology founded on the premise that behavior is measurable and can be changed through the application of various behavioral principles. Gestalt ✔✔German word typically translated as meaning "whole" or "form". Humanistic Psychology ✔✔A theoretical view of human nature which stresses a positive view of human nature and the strong belief in psychological homeostasis. Psychoanalysis ✔✔Developed by Sigmund Freud, this type of therapy is known for long term treatment, typically several times per week, where the unresolved issues from the individual's childhood are analyzed and resolved. These issues are considered to be primarily unconscious in nature and are kept from consciousness through a complex defense system. Naturalistic Observation ✔✔A research method where the subject(s) is (are) observed without interruption under normal or natural circumstances. Independent Variable ✔✔The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or compared. Dependent Variable ✔✔The variable in an experiment that is measured; the outcome of an experiment [Show More]

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