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Psychology Prologue!
AP Psych helpful vocab cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The view that knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and science flourishes through observation and experience. | Empiricism |
| An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. | Structuralism |
| A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish | Functionalism |
| The science of mental and behavioral processes | Psychology |
| The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make due to the development of psychological traits and behaviors | Nature-Nurture Issue |
| The principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to more reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. | Natural Selection |
| Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base | Basic Research |
| Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems | Applied Research |
| A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders | Clinical Psychology |
| Branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological treatment. | Psychiatry |
| The study of behavior and thinking using experimental method | Experimental Psychology |
| view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behaviors without reference to mental processes | Behaviorism |
| Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth | Humanistic Psychology |
| The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, memory, thinking, and language) | Cognitive Neuroscience |
| The differing complementary views, from the biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon | Levels of Analysis |
| An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis | Biopsychological Approach |
| A branch of psychology that studies the links between bilogical (neuroscience and behavioral genetics) and psychological process | Biological Psychology |
| Study of roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders | Psychodynamic Psychology |
| Scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning | Behavioral Psychology |
| Scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating | Cognitive Psychology |
| Study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking | Social-Cultural Psychology |
| Scientific study of measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits | Psychometrics |
| Scientific study of physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span | Developmental Psychology |
| Study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning | Educational Psychology |
| The stuy of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting | Personality Psychology |
| A scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another | Social Psychology |
| Application of psychology concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces | Industrial-Organizational Psychology |
| The study of how people and machines interact resulting in the design of machines and environments | Human Factors Psychology |
| Branch of psychology that assists people with living (often related to school, work, and marriage) and in achieving greater well-being | Counseling Psychology |
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