Chapter 1 Flashcards
study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection
evolutionary psychology
how we encode, process, store and retrieve info
cognitive
a sound theory produces a testable…?
hypothesis
What is functionalism?
exploring how mental and behavioral processes function, and how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
emphasizes human growth potential and having needs of love and acceptance satisfied is very important for all individuals
humanistic psych
Believed you can’t observe a sensation, feeling, or thought but you can observe and record behavior as they are conditioned
John B. Watson
a scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
applied research
what is psychiatry?
deals with psychological disorders
First official female Ph.D, wrote The Animal Mind and was APA’s 2nd female president in 1921
Margaret Floy Washburn
how behavior comes from the unconscious drives and conflicts
psychodynamic
the dependent variable is the outcome that is measured. what is the independent variable?
manipulated to affect the results
What is psychology?
a science of behavior and mental process
group not exposed to the tretament
control
branch of psychology that studies assess and treat people with psychological disorders
clinical
who was structuralism promoted by?
Wundt and Titchner
what is the confounding variable?
factors other than the one being studied that may produce effect
naturalistic observations are?
descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without interferring
behaviorist that studied how consequences shape behavior
B.F Skinner
explains events and behaviors by offering ideas that organized observed data
theories
APA’s first female president in 1905
Mary Whiton Calkins
what is a case study?
techniques in which one individual group is studied to reveal universal principles
What was Wundt seeking to measure in his study?
atoms of the mind
What is Behaviorism?
a view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior w/o a reference of mental processes
obtaining self reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group is a?
survey
branch that studies how people interact with their social enviorments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups
community
