Chapter One Terms

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Across
  1. 5. perspective, the psychological point of view that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior
  2. 7. learning theory, the theory that suggests that people have the ability to change their environments or to create new ones
  3. 9. the school of psychology-founded by William James, that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes
  4. 10. activity, private observable mental processes such as sensation-perception-thought & problem solving
  5. 15. a set of assumptions about why something is the way it is & why
  6. 17. founded by Sigmund Freud-that emphasizes the important of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior
  7. 18. perspective, the psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior
Down
  1. 1. the school of psychology-founded by Wilhelm Wundt-that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings
  2. 2. the scientific study of behavior & mental processes.
  3. 3. observable & measurable actions of people & animals.
  4. 4. the school of psychology- founded by John Watson-that defines psychology as the specific study of observable behavior
  5. 6. psychology, the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes
  6. 8. research, research that is conducted for its own sake-that is-without seeking a solution to a specific problem
  7. 11. an examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings
  8. 12. perspective, the perspective that stresses the influence of unconsciousness forces on human behavior
  9. 13. perspective, the psychological view that assumes thee existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the freedom to make choices
  10. 14. perspective, the viewpoint that emphasizes the role of thought processes in determining behavior
  11. 16. perspective, the perspective that focuses on the roles of ethnicity-gender-culture & socioeconomic status in personality formation & behavior along with mental processes