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a method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience that focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system that reflect patterns underlying a superficial diversity.
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a distinguishing quality or characteristic that is transmitted genetically from one generation to the next.
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the doctrine that emphasizes the adaptiveness of the mental or behavioral processes.
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a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
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a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
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the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
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of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
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Approach to psychology advocated by some that emphasizes feelings and emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others
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study how the brain, the nervous system, hormones, and genetics influence our behavior.
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relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
