Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards
Behaviorism
The study of behavior.
Cognitive psychology
The study of mental processes.
Consciousness
Awareness of ourselves and our environment.
Empiricism
The belief that knowledge comes from experience.
Eugenics
The practice of selective breeding to promote desired traits.
Flashbulb memory
A highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event.
Functionalism
A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.
Gestalt psychology
An attempt to study the unity of experience.
Individual differences
Ways in which people differ in terms of their behavior, emotion, cognition, and development.
Introspection
A method of focusing on internal processes.
Neural impulse
An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate.
Practitioner-Scholar Model
Practitioner-Scholar Model
A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.
Psychophysics
Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.
Realism
A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.
Scientist-practitioner model
A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.
Structuralism
A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
The inability to pull a word from memory even though there is the sensation that that word is available.
The study of behavior.
Behaviorism
The study of mental processes.
Cognitive psychology
Awareness of ourselves and our environment.
Consciousness
The belief that knowledge comes from experience.
Empiricism
The practice of selective breeding to promote desired traits.
Eugenics
A highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event.
Flashbulb memory
A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.
Functionalism
An attempt to study the unity of experience.
Gestalt psychology
Ways in which people differ in terms of their behavior, emotion, cognition, and development.
Individual differences
A method of focusing on internal processes.
Introspection
An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate.
Neural impulse
Practitioner-Scholar Model
A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.
Practitioner-Scholar Model
Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.
Psychophysics
A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.
Realism
A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.
Scientist-practitioner model
A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.
Structuralism
The inability to pull a word from memory even though there is the sensation that that word is available.
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
