Ch.1 Vocab OO Flashcards
The Science of mental phenomena related to how entities think, feel, perceive, and behave in the reality or realities in which they are situated.
Psychology
The totality of one’s behavioral and mental characteristics whereby such inner qualitative properties are distinct to an individual
Personality
The fundamental sense of a who one is based on one’s beliefs, desires, likes, and dislikes.
Identity
One’s consciousness of ones own being identity; the ego
self
In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
Ego
A type of proposition or a group of propositions presented as an argument, in which such propositions are said to be derived from deduction rathe than from observation or sense experience. Example: Mathematical Knowledge such as 1+2=3 is said to be a priori knowledge where “1” and “2” are the propositions of the argument, and “3” is the conclusion. Please not that propositions Gareth reasons given for accepting the conclusion of an argument.
A priori
All ideas, customs, beliefs, and technology that is passed down from one generation to the next in a society
Culture
A psychology process whereby the conclusion is arrived at, or said to follow rather, from a proposition or group of propositions.
Inference
Relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge that proceeds from observations or experiences to the deduction of probable causes.
a posteriori
The Method of data collection that allows the subject to examine and record there vey own mental experiences as opposed to being interpreted by those involved.
introspection
The extent to which the results of an empirical study remain true when different research methods, participants, or subjects are utilized. A study is said to be externally valid when the results are replicated by utilizing different methods to arrive at the results.
External Validity
Anything capable of being perceived or observed.
Phenomena
A data collection process using observation and\ or experiments.
Empirical
The extent to which the results of an empirical study remain true with respect to the research methodology for methodologies used, and the participants or subjects used in the study.
Internal Validity
A branch of social psychology that takes the culture of an individual or group of individuals into account in using a mixed method of both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
cross cultural Psychology
A Specific point of view whereby there is an effect on The appearance of an object or objects relevant to the subject in terms of distance.
perspective
The branch of psychology specifically concerned with the psychological phenomena related to infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
Developmental Psychology
A subfield of applied psychology that researches topics related to people in the workplace and their well-being and efficiency and deals with problems within industrial and nonindustrial organizations.
Industrial organizational psychology
The study of psychological processes such as(but not limited to) cognition, perception, thinking, memory, and language.
Experimental Psychology
A subfield of applied psychology that deals with education
Educational Psychology
Aspects of the mind that are not available to consciousness.
Unconscious
A profession of psychology concerned with the classification, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental disorders.
Clinal Psychology
“Like this cup of tea you are already full of your own knowledge and preconceptions. In order to learn , you must first empty your cup.”
“A cup of Tea” A Zen Story.
A school of psychology inspired by the German psychologist William Wundt’s book (Outlines of psychology) and Edward B. Titchener’s Book (and outline of psychology)
Structuralism
The theory that all aspects of a society serve a function and are necessary for the survival of that society.
Functionalism
