Module 1 Flashcards
Research and Biological
Professional organization representing psychology in the United States
American Psychological Association (APA)
Focus on observing and controlling behavior
Behaviorism
Study of how biology influences behavior
Biopsychology
Perspective that asserts that biology, psychology, and social factors interact to determine an individual’s health
Biopsychosocial model
Area of psychology that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior
Clinical psychology
Study of cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationship to experiences and actions
Cognitive psychology
Area of psychology that focuses on improving emotional, social, vocational, and other aspects of the lives of psychologically healthy individuals
Counseling psychology
Scientific study of development across a lifespan
Developmental psychology
Long research paper about research that was conducted as a part of the candidate’s doctoral training
Dissertation
Method for acquiring knowledge based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities
Empirical method
Area of psychology that applies the science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
Forensic psychology
Focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment
Functionalism
Persceptive within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
Humanism
Process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts
Introspection
Suffix that denotes “scientific study of”
-ology