Across
- 4. research that is conducted for its own sake, without seeking a solution
- 7. rule or law
- 10. observable and measurable actions of people and animals
- 15. theoretical entitles, or concepts, that enable someone to discuss something that can't be seen, touched, or measured directly
- 19. school of psychology founded by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior
- 20. set of assumptions about why something is the way it is
- 21. school of psychology founded by Wilhelm Wundt that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings
- 22. group united by cultural heritage, race, language, or common history
Down
- 1. school of psychology founded by William James that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes
- 2. unobservable and persistent beliefs that shape the ways in which people see and problem solving
- 3. school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes
- 4. school of psychology founded by John Watson that defines psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior
- 5. theory focusing on the evolution of behavior and mental processes
- 6. perspective that focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in personality formation, behavior, and mental processes
- 8. psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior
- 9. psychological view that assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness
- 11. theory that most of what fills an individual's mind is unconscious and consists of conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes
- 12. psychological point of view that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior
- 13. theory that suggests that people have the ability to change their environments or to create new ones
- 14. learned connection between two ideas or events
- 16. viewpoint that emphasizes the role of thought processes in determining behavior
- 17. scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 18. examination of one's own thoughts and feelings