All terms in this list:

psychology: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment

sociology: the study of groups and institutions within society

social psychology: deals with the ways in which social groups and situations affect an individual's behavior, and vice versa

anthropology: concerned with the physical and cultural origins and development of the human species

empirical: Relying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement

trained introspection: a form of self-observation in which individuals examine and report the contents of their own consciousness

structuralism: an early psychological approach that stressed analysis of immediate experience into basic elements

functionalism: an early psychological approach that stressed the function or purpose of behavior and sconsciousness