Introduction to Psychology

1. behavior is a result of interaction of forces (biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences)
6. study is focused on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning
8. Wundt's process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities
10. William James's perspective which studied how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play
13. detailed study of an individual
14. explanation of observed phenomena
17. student of Wundt who came up with structuralism
19. focuses on biological bases of universal human mental characteristics
21. modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on a sense of self and motivations beyond those of a sexual nature
22. tendency of a test to repeatedly return the same scores
23. randomly selected subjects from a larger population
24. originator of psychoanalysis
26. scientific study of behavior and mental processes
27. degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to
28. variable that represents the measurable response or behavior in an experiment

2. mathematics concerned with collection and interpretation of numerical data
3. attributes human and animal behavior to biological events (genetics, hormones, neurological responses, etc.)
4. "third force" in psychology that focuses on aspects of personality that make us uniquely human
5. area of specialization
7. shift focus from negative to well-being
9. viewpoint of studying behavior through only observable behaviors
11. meaning of a variable that allows it to be measured
12. credited as first to apply scientific method to the study of the human mind
15. study of the structure of the mind
16. system of gathering data so bias and error are reduced in measurement
18. general explanation of a set of observations or facts
20. measure of relationship between variables
25. manipulated variable in an experiment