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Psych. Ch. 1
Understanding Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology involves the study of behavior in what? | Humans and animals |
| What term means having to do with the process of thinking and understanding? | Cognitive |
| What are the goals of psychology? | Describe, explain, and predict. |
| What term means a general approach to gathering information and answering questions that minimizes errors and bias? | Scientific method |
| A psychologist who tries to help others who have been diagnosed with a disorder is practicing what type of science? | Applied science |
| What is the study of behavior tested through scientific research called? | Psychology |
| All psychologists used different methods and study different behaviors, but they all conduct what type of studies? | Systematic |
| What term means a complex explanation of phenomena based on findings from scientific research? | Theory |
| What did Wihelm Wundt’s technique of introspection lead to in the field of psychology? | The Scientific Method |
| What term means an assumption about behavior tested through scientific research? | Hypothesis |
| What type of psychologist studies the basic elements of conscious mental experiences? | Structuralist psychologist |
| Who was the first modern psychologist who was primarily interested in understanding the unconscious mind? | Sigmund Freud |
| What type of psychologist studies the effects that physical and chemical changes have on behavior? | Psychobiologist |
| What branch of psychology emphasizes that perception is more than the sum of its parts? | Gestalt psychology |
| What type of psychologist analyzes observable behavior and studies conditioning and reinforcement? | Behaviorist |
| Who began studying human behavior in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. and decided that humans were rational beings? | The Greeks |
| What type of psychologist studied how mental processes help people and animals adapt to their environment? | Functionalist |
| What type of psychologist studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior? | Psychoanalyst |
| John B. Watson claimed that all behavior is the result of what? | Conditioning |
| Cognitivists concern themselves with the way in which information is what? | Process, stored, and used |
| What type of psychologist studies biological, emotional, cognitive, and social changes that occur over a lifetime? | Developmental psychologist |
| Who in the medical field is responsible for treating people with disturbed behaviors? | Psychiatrists |
| What type of psychologist helps people deal with emotional disturbances? | Clinical |
| What does the APA represent? | Specialties in psychology |
| What type of psychologist researches topics related to intelligence, memory, problem solving, and motivation with the goal of helping students learn more effectively? | Educational psychologist |
| What type of psychologist works in schools or businesses and assists people with problems or everyday living? | Counseling psychologist |
| What type of psychologist works primarily in a mental health or social welfare agency? | Community psychologist |
| The interaction between physical and psychological health is studied by who? | Health psychologist |
| What type of psychologist studies topics such as sensation, perception, and learning in controlled laboratory environments? | Experimental psychologist |
| What type of psychologist study the effects of natural disasters, overcrowding, and pollution on people? | Environmental psychologist |
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