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Wiskerchen: Prologue
The Story of Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychology | The systematic and scientific study of behaviors and mental processes. |
| Biological Perspective | The perspective that studies how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences. |
| Cognitive Perspective | The perspective that studies how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information. |
| Behavioral Perspective | The perspective that studies how we learn observable responses. |
| Psychodynamic Perspective | The perspective that studies how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. |
| Humanistic Perspective | The perspective that studies how an individual achieves personal growth. |
| Socio-Cultural Perspective | The perspective that studies how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures. |
| Evolutionary Perspective | The perspective that studies how the natural selection of traits promotes the continuation of one's genes. |
| Behavior Genetics Perspective | The perspective that studies how heredity and environment influence temperament. |
| Structuralism | The early school of psychology that explored the structure of the human mind. |
| Introspection | The method of exploring mental processes by asking subjects to look inward, report thoughts and feelings. |
| Functionalism | The study of the function rather than the structure of consciousness. |
| Gestalt Psychology | The early school of psychology that beleived the whole is different from the sum of the parts. |
| Basic Research | The goal of this research is to build psychology's knowledge base. |
| Applied Research | The goal of this research is to tackle practical problems; directed towards a specific area. |
| Psychologist | Someone who has completed four to five years of postgraduate education and has obtained a Ph.D. in psychology. |
| Clinical Psychologist | A psychologist (Ph.D.) who studies, assesses, and treats troubled people with psychotherapy. |
| Psychiatrist | A medical professional (M.D.) who use treatments like drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients. |
| Cognitive Psychologist | A psychologist who studies human perception, thinking, and memory. |
| Counseling Psychologist | A psychologist who helps people recognize their strengths and resources to cope with their problems. |
| Developmental Psychologist | A psychologist who studies the psychological development of the human being that takes place throughout life. |
| Educational Psychologist | A psychologist who concentrates on how effective teaching and learning take place. |
| Engineering (Human Factor) Psychologist | A psychologist who conducts research on how people work best with machines. |
| Evolutionary Psychologist | A psychologist who studies how evolutionary principles such as mutation, adaptation, and selective fitness influence human thought, feeling, and behavior. |
| Forensic Psychologist | A psychologist who applies psychological principles to legal issues. |
| Health Psychologist | A psychologist who specializes in how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness. |
| Industrial-Organizational Psychologist | A psychologist who applies psychological principles and research methods to the work place in the interest of improving productivity and the quality of work life. |
| Neuropsychologist | A psychologist who explores the relationships between brain systems and behavior. |
| Quantitative (Measurement) Psychologist | A psychologist who focuses on methods and techniques for designing experiments and analyzing psychological data. |
| Rehabilitation Psychologist | A psychologist who works with stroke and accident victims, people with mental retardation, and those with developmental disabilities caused by such conditions as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism. |
| School Psychologist | A psychologist who assesses and counsels students, consult with parents and school staff, and conduct behavioral interventions when appropriate. |
| Social Psychologist | A psychologist who studies how a person's mental life and behavior are shaped by interactions with other people. |
| Sports Psychologist | A psychologist who helps athletes refine their focus on competition goals, become more motivated, and learn to deal with the anxiety and fear of failure that often accompany competition. |
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