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psych
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| Psychologist study | behavior and mental processes |
| Definition of Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
| clinical psychologist | a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances (most popular) |
| industrial-organizational psychology | The study of behavior within teams, organizations, and workplaces (social worker) |
| developmental psychology | The study of the growth or development that takes place from womb to death |
| human factors psychologists | the study of how people and machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and environments |
| health psychologists | Study behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare |
| Experimental Psychologists (research psychologists) | Specialize in doing research in any of the other fields |
| counseling psychologist | a psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of everyday living |
| basic research | Pure science research for the sake of finding new info and expanding knowledge base of psychology |
| cognitive psychologists | Study the thought processes including intelligence, problem-solving, attention, decision-making, and language |
| forensic psychologist | Applies law and psychology to legal issue |
| Neuropsychologists | Explore how the brain works |
| Sports Psychologist | explores the psychological issues revolving around the improvement of athletic performances, that could work for a sports team or in private practice |
| Consumer Psychologist | Study thoughts, beliefs, and feelings on why people buy certain products and not others |
| William James | First American psychologist and author of the first psychology textbook |
| Wilhelm Wundt | father of psychology, founder of modern psychology, he opened the first psychology lab in 1879, he was big in introspection |
| Ivan Pavlov | Russian physiologist, studied learning in animals, emphasized the study of observable behaviors |
| Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalytic perspective, believed that abnormal behavior originated from unconscious drives and conflicts, He was influenced on Pop Culture |
| fuctionalist | Study the function of consciousness and how consciousness helped people adapt to their environment |
| Structuralism | early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind |
| Gesalt Psychology | the whole is different from the sum of its parts, integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes |
| John B. Watson | founder of behaviorism, studied only observable and objectively described acts, emphasized objective and scientific methodology |
| B.F. Skinner | He was a behaviorist, focused on learning through rewards and observation |
| E. B. Tictchner | Analyzed the intensity, clarity, and quality of the parts of consciousness, founder of structuralism, former student to Wundt-brought this to america |
| humanistic psychology | Focuses on how healthy people strive to reach their full potential |
| behavioral psychologists | Study on how we learn through rewards, punishments, and observation |
| Psychoanalysis Psychologist | The method of classifying a collection of ideas, also called Schools of thought |
| cognitive psychologists | Focuses on how people think and process info, behavior is explained by how a person interprets the situation |
| social-cultural psychology | Focuses how thinking and behavior change depending on the setting or situation, behavior is explained by the influence of other people present |
| biological psychology | Focuses how our biological structures and substances underlie a given behavior, thought, or emotion, behavior is explained by brain chemistry, genetics, glands, etc. |
| Introspection | examination of one's own thoughts and feelings |
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