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Psychology GN
Ch.1 Sec.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Theories developed from scientific study of behavior, in both animals and humans and mental processes | Pschology |
| Describe, explain,predict, and influence behavior | Psychologist goals |
| Having to do with an organism's physical processes ex. sleep and hunger | Physiological |
| Having to d with the process of thinking and understanding | cognitive |
| asking and answering questions about what people think, act, and feel as they do | Systematic Studies |
| an assumption or prediction that is tested through scientific research (an educated guess) | Hypothesis |
| A set if assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific studies | Theory |
| the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake | Basic science |
| discovering ways t use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals | Applied Science |
| A general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized | Scientific method |
| A psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences | Structuralist/Wundt |
| A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings | Introspection |
| A Psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. | Functionalist/James |
| A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts | Psychoanalists |
| A Psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment | Behaviorist |
| A psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth | Humanist |
| A Psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought process influence our behavior | Cognitivist |
| A psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior | Psychobiologist |
| A branch of medicine that deals with emotional, mental, and behavioral disorders | Psychiatry |
| A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances | Clinical Psychologist |
| A psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of everyday life | Counseling psychologist |
| A psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures | Developmental Psychologist |
| A psychologist who is concerned with helping students | Educational Psychologist |
| A psychologist who may work in a mental health or social welfare agency | Community Psychologist |
| A psychologist who studies psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers | Industrial/organizational Psychologist |
| A psychologist who studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and/or emotion carefully controlled laboratory conditions. | Experimental Psychologist |
| Theories based on no scientific evidence of foundation (Clairvoyance, astrology, etc.) | Pseudoscience |
| Examining bumps on a person's skull to determine intellect and traits (1800's) | Phrenology |
| A psychologist who studies ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status influences our behavior | Sociocultural Pschologist |
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