Module 1 : The Story of Psychology Flashcards
Behaviorism
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Humanistic Psychology
Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people.
Cognitive Neuroscience
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition including, (perception, thinking, memory ad language)
Psychology
The science of behavior and mental process.
Nature-Nurture Issue
The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes experience to make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
Natural Selection
The principal that among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed down to proceeding generations.
Levels of Analysis
The differing complementary views from biological to psychological to social-cultural for analyzing any given phenomenon.
Biopsychosocial Approach
An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and social-cultural levels of analysis.
Basic Research
Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.
Applied Research
Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.
Counseling Psychology
A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being.
Clinical Psychology
A branch of psychology that studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders.
Psychiatry
A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders ; practiced by physicians who sometime provide medical (for example drug treatments as well as psychological therapy)
Positive Psychology
The scientific study of human functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive.
Community Psychology
A branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups.
