psych chap 1
Across
- 2. the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
- 4. based on observation or experiment
- 8. a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior
- 10. an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research
- 11. a scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals
- 13. a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior
- 15. a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders
- 16. having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
Down
- 1. psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings and thought
- 3. a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth
- 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. a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
- 8. having to do with an organism's processes
- 9. the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research
- 12. a psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
- 14. discovering ways to use scientific finding to accomplish practical goals