Introduction to Psychology
Across
- 4. The science of animal and human behavior
- 8. A theory that the reaction to an object or event by a person or animal can be modified by ‘learning’
- 10. A theory of psychology wherein it states that each individual has a unique potential
- 13. Impostor of Science; a set of claims that seem scientific but aren’t
- 14. Discovery of basic elements (structures) of the human mind
- 15. School of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that focuses on internal psychological processes of which we’re unaware
- 17. A conclusion about the cause of an observed behavior/event
- 18. Nerve cells exquisitely specialized for communication with each other. The functioning of our brain depends on the cross-talk of these cells.
- 19. A theory that suggests that environment shapes human behavior
Down
- 1. Greek word for study
- 2. Refers to the acquisition, processing, organizing, and use of knowledge
- 3. Emphasizes social and cultural Influences on Behavior
- 5. Discipline that applies Darwin’s theory of natural selection to man and animal behavior.
- 6. Study of how behavior changes over the lifespan
- 7. School of psychology that aimed to understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics
- 9. The failure to resolve problems at a particular stage and leads to a halt in development
- 11. Where all decision-making processes lie as it is the executive of the personality
- 12. People’s typical ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
- 14. Microscopic fluid-filled space between the rounded areas on the end of the axon terminals of one cell and the dendrites or surface of the next cell
- 16. Chemical messenger specialized for communication from neuron to neuron