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psych vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Structuralist | a psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences |
| Introspection | a method of self-observation in which participants report on their thoughts and feelings |
| Functionalist | a psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness |
| Psychoanalyst | a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior |
| Behaviorist | a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment |
| Humanist | a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth |
| Cognitivist | a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior |
| Psychobiologist | a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behaviors |
| Dualism | the concept that the mind and body are seprate and distinct |
| Gestalt Psychology | A group of psychologists, disadreed with the principles of structuralism and behaviorism |
| Sociocultural Psychology | involves studing the influence of cultural and ethnic similarities and differences on behavior and social functioning |
| Psychiatry | a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders |
| clinical psychologist | a psyschologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances |
| couseling psychologist | a psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of living |
| developmental psychologist | a psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures |
| educational psychologist | a psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn |
| community psychologist | a psychologist who may work in a mental health or social welfare agency |
| industrial/organizational pschologist | a psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers |
| experimental psychologist | a psychologist who studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions |
| environmental psychologist | a psychologist who studies the effects of the environment on people |
| forensic psychologist | a branch of psychology that deals with diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and testimony regrading the law and criminal behavior |
| APA Divisions | American Psychological Associations founded in 1892, is a scientific and professional society of psychologists and educators. |
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