Key Terms

Question 1

Empiricism

Answer 1

The view that knowledge comes from experience so science should rely on observation and experimentation

Question 2

Who introduced structuralism

Answer 2

Edward Bradford titcheners

Question 3

Structuralism

Answer 3

An early school of psych that uses introspection to examine structural elements of the human mind

Question 4

Who introduced functionalism

Answer 4

William James

Question 5

Functionalism

Answer 5

An early school of psych that emphasized how behavior and mental processes enable us to adapt, survive and flourish

Question 6

Experimental psychology

Answer 6

Study of thinking and behavior using experiments

Question 7

Behaviorism

Answer 7

View that psychology should focus on observable behaviors without referencing mental processes

Question 8

Humanistic psychology

Answer 8

The historic perspective emphasizing the growth potential of healthy people

Question 9

Cognitive neuroscience

Answer 9

Study of how brain activity is linked with thought processes such as memory and perception

Question 10

Psychology

Answer 10

Study of mental and behavioral processes

Question 11

Nature nurture

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Controversy over relative contribution that genes (nature) and experience (nurture) make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

Question 12

Natural selection

Answer 12

Principal that traits of species that contribute to reproduction and survival will be passed on

Question 13

Levels of analysis

Answer 13

Analyzing behavior and mental processes from differing complementary views

Question 14

Biopsychosocial approach

Answer 14

Integrated perspective that focuses on biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis

Question 15

Biological psychology

Answer 15

Studies the links between biological and psychological processes

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Evolutionary psychology

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Used principals of natural selection to study thinking and behavior

Question 17

Psychodynamic psychology

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Studies how unconvinced drives and conflicts influence behavior and thinking

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Behavioral psychology

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Focuses on principals of learning in the study of observable behavior

Question 19

Cognitive psychology

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The study of thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating

Question 20

Social cultural psychology

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Study of how situations and culture influence thinking and behavior

Question 21

Psychometrics

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Study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes and traits

Question 22

Basic research

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Science that aims to increase psychologys scientific knowledge base

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Developmental psychology

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Studies physical, cognitive and social change over a life time

Question 24

Educational psychology

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Studies how psychological processes affect teaching and learning

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Personality psychology

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Study of a persons characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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Applied research

Answer 26

Study that Aims to solve practical problems

Question 27

Industrial organizational psychology

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Applies psychological concepts to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

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Human factors psychology

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Study of how humans and machines interact

Question 29

Counseling psychology

Answer 29

Branch of psychology that helps people cope with challenges in their daily lives

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Clinical psychology

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Branch of psychology that studies assesses and treats people with psychological disorders

Question 31

Psychiatry

Answer 31

Branch of medicine concerned with psychological diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders

Question 32

SQ3R

Answer 32

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