Vocabs 1-2 Flashcards
Structuralist
A psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
Introspection
A method of self observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
Functionalist
Psychologists who study the function of consciousness
Psychoanalysist
A psychologist who studies how an unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior feelings and thoughts
Behaviorist
A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
Humanist
A psychologist who believes that each person has freedom indirecting his or her future
Cognitivists
A psychologist who studies process, retrieve, store, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior
Psychobiologist
A psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior