Across
- 1. Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning , rewards and punishment
- 5. the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
- 6. humanistic psychology
- 7. a psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts
- 12. an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research
- 13. in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing
- 17. a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
- 18. Psychologists who specialize in the treatment of everyday adjustment problems.
- 21. a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
- 23. a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy
- 24. humanistic psychology
- 25. a psychologist who focuses on how we process, store, and use information and how this information influences our thinking, language, problem solving, and creativity
- 26. Scientists who study behavior and mental processes.
- 28. A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
- 29. a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
- 33. the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client's dreams
- 36. discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell
- 37. behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat
- 38. the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
- 40. founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment (Father of psychology in the United States)
- 41. area of psychology that applies the science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
Down
- 2. based on observation or experiment (data)
- 3. considers the relationship between people and their physical environment
- 4. a psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness
- 8. how heredity influences a person's abilities, character, and behavior
- 9. Structuralist- german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened the first psychology research laboratory in 1879
- 10. Co-founder of Gestalt psychology
- 11. a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior
- 14. having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding
- 15. discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals
- 16. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 19. a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior
- 20. having to do with an organism's physical processes
- 22. a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth
- 27. a psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
- 30. Known for his theory of cognitive development in children
- 31. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
- 32. British researcher, considered the father of mental tests; interested in the origin of intelligence and began the nature-nurture debate; thought that one's heredity is response for one's intelligence
- 34. Maslow humanistic psychology
- 35. Gestalt psychologist who argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures
- 39. Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis. (free association, dream analysis)