Psychological Terminology
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| Abnormal Psychology | The study of mental and emotional disorders.
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| Abraham Maslow | Developed The Hierarchy of Needs.
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| Alfred Adler | Creator of the system of Individual Psychology.
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| Alfred Binet | Creator of the system of Individual Psychology.
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| Alfred Kinsey | Foremost pioneer in the quantitative study of human sexuality.
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| Anna Freud | Founder of child psychoanalysis.
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| B.F. Skinner | Operant Conditioning Theory.
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| Behaviorism | Study of observable and quantifiable aspects of behavior.
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| Carl Rogers | Founder of the humanistic psychology movement.
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| Carl Jung | The founder of analytical psychology.
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| Case study | Studies involve a particular method of research.
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| Clinical Psychology | Studies and treats emotional or behavioral disorders.
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| Cognitive Psychology | School of psychology that examines internal mental processes.
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| Community Psychologists | Help people in areas such as welfare and community projects.
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| Counseling Psychologists | Focuses on problems not classified as serious mental disorders.
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| Developmental Psychology | Focuses on development across the life span.
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| DSM | Diagnostic & Statistical Manual.
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| Educational Psychology | Branch of psychology focused on educational issues.
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| Forensic Psychology | The application of psychology to legal matters.
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| Functionalism | Assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment.
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| Gestalt | Interprets phenomena as organized wholes rather than distinct parts.
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| Health Psychologists | Use of psychological principles to promote health and prevent illness.
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| Humanistic Psychology | Concerned with the subjective experience of human beings.
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| Hypotheses | Statement of a possible explanation for some natural phenomenon.
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| Naturalistic Observation | Studying or observing subjects in their natural habitats.
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| Ivan Pavlov | Discovered the conditioned reflex.
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| Jean Piaget | Best known for his stages of cognitive development.
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| John B. Watson | Originated the school of psychology known as behaviorism.
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| Learning | Cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
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| Methodology | A set of procedures or methods used to conduct research.
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| Nature-nurture | Contrast of the biological vs cultural or environmental basis for behavior.
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| Perseverance | Quality that is needed to complete this game.
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| Personality | Totality of qualities and traits, that are peculiar to a specific person.
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| Phrenology | Abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of human traits.
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| Psychiatry | Branch of medicine that deals with mental illness.
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| Psychoanalyst | Psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist, who is trained in psychoanalysis.
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| Psychology | The study of behaviour, mind and thought.
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| Reinforcement | Stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.
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| Research | Systematic investigation to establish facts.
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| Scientific method | Involves observation, hypothesis, experimentation and conclusion.
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| Sigmund Freud | Father of psychoanalysis.
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| Social psychology | Concerned with how social conditions affect the individual.
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| Structuralism | Study of a category of facts must mainly consider the structures.
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| Survey method | Method of gathering information from a sample of individuals.
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| Theories | More general and better verified than hypothesis.
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| Wilhelm Wundt | Founder of Experimental Psychology.
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| William James | Founder of pragmatism and functionalism.
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| Winners | All of the great individuals that complete this game!
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| Psychological | Mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature.
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