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PSYCH CH:1
VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| APA | Professional Organization Representing Psychologists in the U.S. |
| Behaviorism | Focus on Observing and Controlling Behavior |
| Biopsychology | Study of How Biology Influences Behavior |
| Biopsychology Model | Perspective that Asserts that Biology, Psych, and Social Factors Interact to Determine an Individual's Health |
| Clinical Psych | Area of Psychology that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of Psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior |
| Cognitive Psych | Study of conditions, or thoughts, and their relationship to experiences and actions |
| Counseling Psych | Area of psych that focuses on improving emotional, social, vocational, and other aspects of the lives of Psychologically healthy individuals |
| Developmental Psych | Scientific study of development across a lifespan |
| Dissertation | Long research paper about research that was conducted as a part of the candidate's doctoral training |
| Empirical Method | Method for acquiring knowledge based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities. |
| Forensic Psych | Area of psych that applies the science and practice of psych to issues within and related to the justice system |
| Functionalism | Focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment |
| Humanism | Perspective within psych that emphasizes the potential for good that in innate to all humans |
| Introspection | Process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts |
| -ology | suffix that denotes "scientific study of" |
| Personality Psych | Study of patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique |
| Personality Trait | Consistent patterns of thought and behavior |
| PhD | (Doctor of philosophy) doctoral degree conferred in many disciplinary perspectives housed in a traditional college of liberal arts and sciences |
| Postdoctoral Training Program | Allows young scientists to further develop their research programs and broaden their research skills under the supervision of other professionals in the field |
| Psychoanalytic Theory | Focus on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior |
| Psychology | Scientific study of the mind and behavior |
| PsyD | (Doctor of Psych) doctoral degree that places less emphasis on research-oriented skills and focuses more on application of psychological principles in the clinical context |
| Sport and Exercise Psych | Area of psych that focuses on the interactions between mental and emotional factors and physical performance in sports, exercise, and other activities |
| Structuralism | Understanding the conscious experience through introspection |