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Psychology Vocab1
Psychology - 11 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals. | Applied Science |
| The emotional and behavioural characteristics of an individual or a group. | Psychological |
| Having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding. | Cognitive |
| The scientific, systematic study of behaviours and mental processes. | Psychology |
| An assumption or prediction about behaviour or an educated guess about the relationship between two variables that is tested through scientific research. | Hypothesis |
| A set of assumptions used to explain why something is the way it is. | Theory |
| Pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake. | Basic Science |
| General approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized. | Scientific Method |
| Psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences. | Structuralist |
| Method of self observation in which participants report on their thoughts and feelings. | Introspection |
| Psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. | Functionalist |
| Psychologist who studied how conscious motives and conflicts determine human behaviour, feelings and thoughts. | Psychoanalyst |
| Psychologists who analyses how organisms learn or modify their behavioural based on their responses to events in the environment. | Behaviouralist |
| Psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth. | Humanist |
| Psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve and use information and how thought processes influence our behaviour. | Cognitivist |
| Psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behaviours. | Psychobiologist |
| Scientists who studies the mind and behaviour of human and animals. | Psychologist |
| A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional or behavioural disorders. | Psychiatry |
| Psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances. | Clinical Psychologists |
| An individual who has a Ph.D. in psychology or education who helps people deal with problems of living. | Counselling Psychologist |
| Branch or psychology that studies the emotional, physical, cognitive, biological, personal and social changes that occur as an individual matures. | Developmental Psychologist |
| A psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn. | Educational Psychologist |
| Psychologist who may work in a mental health or social welfare agency operated by the government or a private organisation. | Community Psychologist |
| Psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers. | Industrial/Organisational Psychologist |
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