AP Psychology: Unit 1 Psychology's History and Approaches

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  1. 4. a historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people
  2. 6. the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising because of this interaction
  3. 8. the scientific study of how we think about influence, and relate to one another
  4. 10. pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
  5. 14. a psychologist that created an influence on the early development of psychology and the first American to earn a PhD in psychology
  6. 18. the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
  7. 19. a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
  8. 21. the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
  9. 24. a psychologist that is best known for her experimental work in animal behavior and motor theory development
  10. 27. developed the psychoanalytic theory and created clinical psychology
  11. 29. the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
  12. 31. authored the first psychology textbook, considered the father of American psychology
  13. 32. a leading behaviorist who rejected introspecition and studied how rewards and consequences influence behavior through operant conditioning
  14. 33. the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
  15. 36. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
  16. 37. the scientific study of human functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive
  17. 38. early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
  18. 39. the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method
  19. 41. an I/O psychology subfield that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use
  20. 42. the differeing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
  21. 43. created the first mental hospitals across the US and Europe and changed the perception of the mentally ill
  22. 44. the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
  23. 46. a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments a well as psychological therapy
  24. 47. theory of cognitive development that looked at how children develop intellectually throughout the course of childhood
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  1. 1. a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-being
  2. 2. an evolutionary psychologist that whos main concept is about survival of the fittest and natural selection
  3. 3. created behaviorism and the idea of classical conditioning
  4. 5. the study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
  5. 7. the study of how psychologival processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
  6. 9. a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders
  7. 11. the scientific study of the links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes
  8. 12. an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychlogical, and social-cultural levels of analysis
  9. 13. early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
  10. 15. humanistic psychologist that says for a person to "grow", they need an environment that provides them with genuineness, acceptance,and empathy
  11. 16. scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
  12. 17. established the first psychology lab
  13. 20. the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
  14. 22. the study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection
  15. 23. the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with 1 and not 2
  16. 25. the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
  17. 26. enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information
  18. 28. a branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups
  19. 30. experimented with salivating dogs to help establish the principles of classical conditioning
  20. 34. a psychologist that became the first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association. Harvard denied giving her her degree
  21. 35. the scientific study if the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits
  22. 40. the science of behavior and mental processes
  23. 45. a study method incorporating five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review