Psychology Vocab

3. relating to the branch of psychology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts
4. able to be noticed or perceived
5. the capacity to have an effect on the character development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself
7. a statement or account that makes something clear
8. psychology concerned especially with resolution of the mind into structural elements
10. an expert or specialist in psychology
12. the examination of one's own mental and emotional processes
15. a medical doctor who specializes in medical health, including substance use disorders
16. a thing predicted, a forecast
18. A person who practices the understanding of behavior of humans and other animals
19. A person who practices analyzing psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders that involve treatment sessions during which the patient is encouraged to talk freely about personal experiences and especially about early childhood and dreams
20. a person who believes or works in the branch of psychology dedicated to studying how people think

1. the study of the human mind and its functions
2. a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
6. the theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by their cause, their effect on other mental, and their effect on behavior
9. relating to or involving conscious intellectual activity
11. an advocate or follower of the principles of humanism
13. Nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception, e.g., the product of exposure, life experiences and learning on an individual
14. a branch of science that deals with the biological basis of behavior and mental phenomena
17. a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event