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Across
  1. 1. Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning , rewards and punishment
  2. 5. the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
  3. 6. humanistic psychology
  4. 7. a psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts
  5. 12. an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research
  6. 13. in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing
  7. 17. a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
  8. 18. Psychologists who specialize in the treatment of everyday adjustment problems.
  9. 21. a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
  10. 23. a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy
  11. 24. humanistic psychology
  12. 25. a psychologist who focuses on how we process, store, and use information and how this information influences our thinking, language, problem solving, and creativity
  13. 26. Scientists who study behavior and mental processes.
  14. 28. A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
  15. 29. a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
  16. 33. the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client's dreams
  17. 36. discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell
  18. 37. behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat
  19. 38. the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
  20. 40. founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment (Father of psychology in the United States)
  21. 41. area of psychology that applies the science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
Down
  1. 2. based on observation or experiment (data)
  2. 3. considers the relationship between people and their physical environment
  3. 4. a psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness
  4. 8. how heredity influences a person's abilities, character, and behavior
  5. 9. Structuralist- german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened the first psychology research laboratory in 1879
  6. 10. Co-founder of Gestalt psychology
  7. 11. a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior
  8. 14. having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
  9. 15. discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals
  10. 16. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
  11. 19. a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior
  12. 20. having to do with an organism's physical processes
  13. 22. a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth
  14. 27. a psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
  15. 30. Known for his theory of cognitive development in children
  16. 31. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
  17. 32. British researcher, considered the father of mental tests; interested in the origin of intelligence and began the nature-nurture debate; thought that one's heredity is response for one's intelligence
  18. 34. Maslow humanistic psychology
  19. 35. Gestalt psychologist who argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures
  20. 39. Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis. (free association, dream analysis)