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Psych-ohh-ology hey
Voacb Ch. 1
| Vocab | Definitions |
|---|---|
| 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. |