Chapter 1 Vocab

3. the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake.
5. a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment.
6. a psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness.
7. based on observation or experiment.
10. assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research.
13. having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding.
14. having to do with an organism's physical process.
16. a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
17. discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals.

1. a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior.
2. a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts.
4. a psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
8. a scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals.
9. the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research.
11. a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth.
12. a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study.
15. a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior.