Culture – behaviors, ideas, attitudes and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted to future generations.

Biopsychosocial Approach – approach that incorporates different but complimentary views from biological, psychological and social-cultural perspectives.

Critical Thinking – thinking that examines assumptions, uncovers hidden values, weighs evidence and addresses conclusions.

Psychology – the science of behavior and mental processes.

Humanistic Psychology – emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual’s potential for personal growth.

Cognitive Psychology – the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activity (including perception, thinking, memory and language).

Behaviorism – the view that psychology:

1. should be an objective science, that
2. studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

Most research psychologists agree with 1 but not 2.