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Section 2 vocab
Vocabulary 1-8 in section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Structuralist | A psychologist who is interested in and studies the basic elements of human experiences. |
| Introspection | A method of self-observation in which trained participants reprot their thoughts, which psycologogists try to use to map out the basic structures of the thought process. |
| Functionalist | A psycologist who studies how the mental processes of help animals and people adapt to their environment. |
| Phychoanalyst | A psycologist who studies how unconcious motives and conflicts deetermine human behavior, and use methods such as free association and dream analysis. |
| Behaviorist | Psycologists who stress investigating observable behaviors and who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment. |
| Humanist | A psycologist who describes human nature and believes that each person has freedom in directing his/her own future. |
| Cognitivist | A psycologist who focuses on how we process, store, and use information and how this info influences our thinking, thinking, language, problem solving, and creativity. |
| Psychobiologist | A psycologist who studies how the brain, the nervous system, and hormones and genetics influence our behavior. |