Introduction to Psychology

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