psychology terms

5. a precise, testable statement of what the researchers predict will be the outcome of the study.
7. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
8. a means of learning about one's own currently ongoing, or perhaps very recently past, mental states or processes
10. They isolate parts of complex behaviors to study. The behaviorists take the view that all behavior, no matter how complex, can be broken down into the fundamental processes of conditioning.

1. the doctrine that what makes something a thought, desire, pain (or any other type of mental state) depends not on its internal constitution, but solely on its function, or the role it plays, in the cognitive system of which it is a part.
2. a branch of psychology that deals with the effects of normal and pathological physiological processes on mental life.
3. a theory of consciousness that seeks to analyze the elements of mental experiences, such as sensations, mental images, and feelings, and how these elements combine to form more complex experiences
4. help clients tap into their unconscious mind to recover repressed emotions and deep-seated, sometimes forgotten experiences.
6. the scientific study of mind and behavior.
9. actions performed by an organism that can be seen and measured