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Behavior Any action that people can observe or measure.
Theory A statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do.
Clinical Type of psychologists who focus on helping people with psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression.
Counseling Type of psychologists who deal with poeple who have adjustment problems.
Psychology The scientific study if behavior and mental processes.
Cognitive Activites Private mental processes, such as thoughts and memories.
Survey A research method in which psychologists collect data by asking questions of people in a particular group.
Educational Type of psychologists who are involved in preparing standardized tests.
Experimental Type of psychologists who conduct research into basic processes, such as the functions of the nervous system or sensation and perception.
Environmental Type of psychologists who study the psychological effects of the environment on people's behavior.
Forensic Psychologists who work within the criminal justice system.
Socrates Ancient Greek who believed that people could learn much about themselves through introspection.
Wilhelm Wundt Individual who establised first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
Structuralism School of psychology that is concerned with discovering the basic elements of conscious experience.
Functionalism School of psychology that focuses on how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment.
William James Psychologist who believed that experience is a fluid and continuous "stream of consciousness".
Behaviorism School of psychology that maintains that organisms behave in certain ways because they are reinforced for doing so.
B. F. Skinner Psychologist who introduced the concept of reinforcement.
Psychoanalysis School of psychology that maintains that human behavior is determined by unconscious motives.
Biological Perspective of psychology that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior.
Humanistic Perspective of psychology that stresses the importance of human consciousness, self-awareness, and the capacity to make choices.
Psychoanalytic Perspective of psychology that stresses the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior.
Learning Perspective of psychology that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior.
Sociocultural Perspective of psychology that examines the effects of factors such as ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on human behavior.
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