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psych vocabulary

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