psychology vocab chapter two

Question 1

structuralist

Answer 1

a psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences

Question 2

Introspection

Answer 2

a method of self-observation in which participants reports on their thought and feelings

Question 3

behaviorist

Answer 3

a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior influences our behaviors

Question 4

Psychoanalyst

Answer 4

a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine changes in our bodies influence our behavior

Question 5

functionalist

Answer 5

a psychologist who studies the function rather than the structure of the consciousness

Question 6

Cognitivist

Answer 6

a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use the information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior

Question 7

Psychobiologist

Answer 7

a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behaviors

Question 8

humanist

Answer 8

a psychologist who believes that each person has the freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth