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  2. Functional psychology - Wikipedia

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    Structural psychology was concerned with mental contents while functionalism is concerned with mental operations. It is argued that structural psychology emanated from philosophy and remained closely allied to it, while functionalism has a close ally in biology. [4] William James is considered to be the founder of functional psychology. But he ...

  3. Maturity (psychological) - Wikipedia

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    While older people are generally perceived as more mature and to possess greater credibility, psychological maturity is not determined by one's age. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] However, for legal purposes, people are not considered psychologically mature enough to perform certain tasks (such as driving , consenting to sex , signing a binding contract ...

  4. Process theory - Wikipedia

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    Process theories are used to explain how decisions are made [4] how software is designed [5] [6] and how software processes are improved. [7] Motivation theories can be classified broadly into two different perspectives: Content and Process theories. Content theories deal with “what” motivates people and it is concerned with individual ...

  5. Dual process theory - Wikipedia

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    The dual process has impact on social psychology in such domains as stereotyping, categorization, and judgment. Especially, the study of automaticity and of implicit in dual process theories has the most influence on a person's perception. People usually perceive other people's information and categorize them by age, gender, race, or role.

  6. Process-oriented psychology - Wikipedia

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    Like other transpersonal psychologies, process oriented psychology has been identified by critics as a method having 'a mystical or supernaturalistic application, theory, significance, or pedigree.' [91] In 1997, a Japanese scientist involved in deprogramming members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult mentioned process oriented psychology as an example ...

  7. Functional analysis (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    The most robust form of functional assessment is functional analysis, which involves the direct manipulation, using some experimental design (e.g., a multielement design or a reversal design) of various antecedent and consequent events and measurement of their effects on the behavior of interest; [1]: 93 this is the only method of functional ...

  8. Information processing theory - Wikipedia

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    Information processing theory is the approach to the study of cognitive development evolved out of the American experimental tradition in psychology. Developmental psychologists who adopt the information processing perspective account for mental development in terms of maturational changes in basic components of a child's mind.

  9. Functional accounts of emotion - Wikipedia

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    Under a functional account, emotion systems process feedback from the environment about when and how various emotions are likely to serve adaptive functions in a specific environment. [1] In other words, emotion systems are flexible and can incorporate information that an individual learns across their lifespan to modify how the system operates.