Research Methodology
Across
- 1. the study of psychological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application
- 4. the study of psychological issues that have direct practical significance and the application of psychological findings
- 7. a psychological approach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the two sexes
- 9. the theory that behavior is learned and maintained through observation and imitation of others, positive consequences, and cognitive processes such as plans and perceptions.
- 13. a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior.
- 15. the process of reducing a phenomenon to a single type of explanation or to a limited set of elements or a particular type.
- 16. the discipline concerned with behavior & mental processes & how they are affected by an organisms physical state, mental state and external environment.
- 17. an early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.
Down
- 2. a psychological approach that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of human potential, rather than the scientific understanding and assessment of behavior.
- 3. a precise definition of a term in a hypothesis, which specifies the operations for observing and measuring the process or phenomenon being defined.
- 5. a psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings and thoughts
- 6. an organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomenon and their interrelations.
- 8. a statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomenon; scientific hypotheses specify relationships among events or variables and are empirically tested.
- 10. the ability & willingness to assess claims and make judgement on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence, rather than emotion or anecdote.
- 11. relying on or derived from observation, experimental or measurement.
- 12. a psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a persons or animals actions it includes behaviorisms and social-cognitive learning theories
- 14. a theory of personality and a method psychotherapy originally developed by Sigmund Freud, which emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.