psychology chapter 1 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
behavior and mental process	psychology
what roles did Wundt and James play in establishing psychology?	Wundt used the scientific method to study the fundamental psychological process. mental reaction time to visual or auditory stimuli.
who promoted the belief that psychology should be studied as a seperate entitity?	Wundt
who opened the first research laboratory in 1879 at the University of Leipzig?	Wundt
structionalism, welcomed women into his graduate program	Thichtner
became the first major school of thought in psychology, study of the most basic components or structure of conscious experience	structionalism
even our most complex conscious experiences could be broken down into elemental structures or parts of sensation or feelings	structionalism
opened a new school of psychology called functionalism	William James
stresses the importance on how behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt to their enviroment	functionalism
examines how psychology applies to education, early childhood and work enviroment	functionalism
expanded the scope of psychology research to include observation of living creatures in natural enviroment	functionalism
introspection	structionalism (thitchner)
origin of species	charles darwin
founded the first psychology school in the u.s. at John Hopkins University in 1883. (APA)	G stanley hall
established a psychological laboratory in Wellesley College	Mary Whitkons Calkins
helped create a strong psychological program at Howard University, first black American to receive phd in psychology	Francis Sumner
pavlov and watson	founded the school of behavoirism
pavlov, watson and skinner	behavoirism
personality theory, form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the role of unconscious factors in personality and behavoir	psychoanalysis
study of observable behavoirs not mental processes	behavoirism
challanged principles of both structionalism and functionalism	Sigmund Freud
developed a theory of personality based on uncovering causes of behavior that were unconscious or hidden from the persons conscious awareness	Sigmund Freud
school of psychoanalysis	Sigmund Freud
emphasized the role of unconscious conflicts in determining behavior and personality	school of psychoanalysis
believed that when unconscious conflicts became extreme, psychological disorders could result	Sigmund Freud
school of psychology and theoretical viewpoints that emphasize each persons unique potential for psychological growth and self directions	humanistic psychology
the most influential psychologist of the 2oth century	skinner
two leaders in the development of humanistic psychology	Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
referred to as the third force	Humanistic psychology
humanistic psychology was founded by	Carl Rogers
instead of emphasizing on unconscious conflicts, he emphasized the conscious experience of pt's self directions and unique potential for psychological growth	Carl Rogers
emphasized self determination, free-will and importance of choice in human behavoir	Carl Rogers
developed a theory of motivation that emphasized psychological growth	Abraham Maslow
What are the perspectives in psychology?	Biological, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, positive psychology, cognitive, cross-cultural, and evolutionary.
studying the physical bases of human and animal behavior, including, nervous system, endocrine system, immune system and genetics	Biological Perspective
refers to the study of the nervous system	Neuroscience
emphasizes on the importance of unconscious influence and interpersonal relationships in explaining the underlying dynamics of behavior in treating people with psychological problems	psychodynamic perspective
study how behavior is acquired or modified by enviromental causes	behavioral perspective
influence of interpersonal relationships on a persons self-concept and importance of choice and self direction in striving to reach ones potential	humanistic perspective
emphasis on psycological growth and human potential, contributed to emergence of new perspective. study of positive emotions and psychological states	positive psychological perspective
personal happiness, optimism, creativity, resilience, character strengths and wisdom	positive psychological perspective
personal happiness, optimism, creativity, resilience, character strengths and wisdom	cognitive revolution
how people process, remember information, develop language, solve problems and think	cognitive perspective
studying the diversity of human behavior in different cultural settings and countries	cross-cultural perspective
common behaviors are not always universal	cross-cultural perspective
work harder in a group than when alone	social striving
less effort as the size of the group increases	social loafing
application of principles of evolution, natural selection, to explain psychological processes and phenomena	evolutionary psychology
the belief that ones own culture is superior than others	ethnocentrism
culture that emphasize needs and goals of the individual over the needs and goals of the group	individualistic cultures
culture that emphasize the needs and goals of the group	collectivistic cultures
biological, clinical, cognitive, counseling, educational, experimental, developmental, forensic, health, industrial/organizational, personality, rehabilitation, social sports, military	specialty areas in psychology
studies the relationship between psychological processes and the bodys physical system, including the brain, nervous system, endocrine system, immune and genetics	biological
biopsychology/physiological psychology	biological psychology
studies the causes, dx, treatment, and prevention of different types of behavioral and emotional disorders. anxiety, mood, eating	clinical psychology
investigates mental, reasoning, thinking, problem solving, memory, perception, mental imagery and language	cognitive psychology
helps people adjust, adapt, cope	counseling psychology
studies how people of all ages learn, develop instructional methods and materials used to train people in educational and work setting	educational psychology
used to describe research on basic subjects,like sensory, perceptual, learning, emotion, motivation	experimental psychology
studies physical, social and psychological changes that occur at different ages/stages of lifespan	developmental psychology
techniques used in legal issues,assesement, treatment of offenders,mental, competency to stand trial, custody, jury selection	forensic psychology
focuses on role of psychological factors in development, prevention, treatment of illness	health psychology
people/work relationship. job analysis, personel selection and training	industrial/organizational psychology
studies the nature of human personality, individual differences, characteristics of each person	personality psychology
helping peoplew/chronic health conditions adapt to their situation	rehabilitation psychology
explores how people are affected by their social enviroment	social psychology
uses theory and knowledge to enhance athletic motivation	sports psychology
idea that mind and body were separate entities that interact to produce sensations, emotions, and other conscious experience	interactive dualism
what are the four basic goals of psychology?	describe, explain, predict, conrol/influence behavior and mental process.
what is the scientific method?	set of assumptions to guide researchersin creating a question to investigate, generate evidence in drawing a conclusion
what are the characteristic of the scientific method?	formulate question, desing a study/collect data, analyze data/arrive conclusion, report results
verifiable evidence, based on observation, measurement or experiment	empirical evidence
factor that can vary or change in a way that can be observed, measured and verified	variable
active process of minimizing preconceptions and biases while evaluating evidence, determining conclusion and considering explination	critical thinking
researchers study/observe behavior in its natural setting	naturalistic observation
combining results of many research studies	meta-analysis
systematicallly observing behavior in order to describe the relationship among behavior and events	descriptive research method
fake/false science that makes claims based on little or no evidence	pseudoscience
intensive study of a single individual or small group of individuals	case study
show strongly two factors are related	correlational studies
numerical indicator of the strength of the relationship between two factors	correlational coefficient
one in which two factors vary in the same direction	positive correlation
selected sample that very closely parallels the larger population being studied on relevant characteristics	representative studies
process in wich subjects are selected randomly from a larger group, every group member has an equal chance of being included	random selection
extraneous variable also called	confounding variable
method of investigation used to demonstrate cause/effect relationships by purposely manipulating one factor thought to produce change in another factor	experimental method
purposely manipulated factor, thought to produce change in the experiment, also called treatment variable	independent variable
factor that is observed and measured for change, thought to be influenced by the independent variable also called outcome variablle	dependent variable
factor other than one being studied that if not controlled could affect the outcome of the experiment	extraneous variable
group of participants who are exposed to all experimental conditions, including the independent varialble	experimental group
finding that two factors vary in opposite directions. one increases as the other decreases	negative correlation
assigning participants to experimental conditions so that all participants have an equal chance of being assigned to any of the groups in the studdy	random assignment
an expiremental control in wich neither the participant nor the researcher are aware of the group or condition to which the participants have been assigned	double blind technique
cues or signals given by the researcher	demand characteristics
any change in performance that results from repetition of task	practice effect
any change that can be directly attributed to the independent or treatment variable after controlling for other possible influences	main effect
group of participants who are exposed to all experimental conditions, except the independent variable. the group against which changes in the experimental group are compared	control group/control condition
branch of psychology that studies the behavior of different animal species	comparitive psychology
interactive dualism	renee descartes
biology, genetic, dna	nature
enviroment	nurture

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