Psych 2301 Chp 1 Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment.
  2. 6. Perspective that claims biology, psychology, and social factors interact to determine a individual's health.
  3. 7. Area of psychology that focuses on cognition- or thoughts- and their relationship to experiences and actions.
  4. 12. Area of psychology that focuses on improving the lives of individuals.
  5. 13. Process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts.
  6. 16. Focuses on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior.
  7. 18. Observing and controlling behavior.
Down
  1. 1. Study of how biology influences behavior.
  2. 2. Area of psychology that applies psychology to problems within the justice system.
  3. 3. Organization representing psychologists in the US.
  4. 4. The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
  5. 8. Method for acquiring knowledge based on observation and experimentation.
  6. 9. Area of psychology that studies development across a lifespan.
  7. 10. Perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans.
  8. 11. Area of Psychology which focuses on the study of patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique.
  9. 14. Understanding the conscious experience through introspection.
  10. 15. Area of psychology that focuses on diagnoses and treatment of disorders.
  11. 17. Area of psychology that focuses on the interactions between mental and emotional factors and physical performance in sports, exercise, and other activities.