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Psychology Practice
Appetizer Course
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Structuralist | Someone who uses a method of analyzing phenomena, chiefly characterized by contrasting the elemental structures of the phenomena |
| Introspection | Examination of one's own thoughts and motives |
| Functionalist | Person who works according to, the principles of functionalism |
| Psychoanalyst | Person trained to practice psychoanalysis |
| Behaviorist | The theory that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states |
| Humanist | Person with a deep concern for human values and dignity |
| Cognitivist | People that attempt to answer how and why people learn by attributing the process to cognitive activity. |
| Phychobiologist | The study of the effects of cognition, emotions , and experience on animal physiology |
| Dualism | The state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two |
| Gestalt Psychology | The theory or doctrine that physiological or psychological phenomena do not occur through the summation of individual elements, as reflexes or sensations, but through gestalts functioning separately or interrelatedly |
| Sociocultural Psychology | The study of the mind and mental processes, particularly as regards social interactions, focusing on the ways our actions influence others, and vice versa. |
| Psychiatry | The branch of medicine concerned with mental disorders |
| Clinical Psychiatry | Branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
| Counseling Psychologist | someone who focuses on providing therapeutic treatments to clients experiencing a wide variety of symptoms |
| Developmental Psychologist | Branch of psychology that studies changes in human behavior from early life to death |
| Educational Psychologist | Branch of psychology concerned with developing effective educational techniques and dealing with psychological problems in schools |
| Community Psychologist | Deals with the relationships of the individual to communities and the wider society |
| Industrial/Organizational Psychologist | Industrial and organizational psychologists contribute to an organization's success by improving the performance and well-being of its people. |
| Experimental Psychologist | Conduct research with the help of experimental methods |
| Environmental Psychologist | is an interdisciplinary field focused on the interplay between humans and their surroundings. |
| Forensic Psychologist | a field that deals with both psychology and the law. |
| APA Divisions | Member-run groups of American Psychological Association organize divisions based on common interests, such as aging. |
| Wilhelm Wundt | Was a German physician, psychologist, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology. |
| Rene Descartes | Called the father of modern science. He created a new, clear way of thinking about philosophy by rejecting all ideas based on assumptions and accepting only those ideas which could be proved by or systematically deduced from direct observation. |
| William James | A pioneering American psychologist and philosopher was trained as a physician. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and on the philosophy of pragmatism. |
| Sir Francis Galton | an English Victorian polymath: anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician |
| Sigmund Freud | doctor of psychiatry. Early in his career he was interested in hypnosis as a cure for hysteria, believing that the symptoms were directly related to repressed psychological trauma. |