Across
- 3. School of psychology that aimed to understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics.
- 5. A theory that the reaction to an object or event by a person or animal can be modified by learning.
- 6. Discovery of basic elements (structures) of the human mind.
- 9. Gap in-between neurons.
- 12. The science of animal and human behavior.
- 13. Study of how behavior changes over the lifespan.
- 16. Where all decision-making processes lie as it is the executive of the personality.
- 17. Emphasizes social and cultural Influences on Behavior.
- 18. Impostor of Science; a set of claims that seem scientific but aren’t.
- 20. The failure to resolve problems at a particular stage and leads to a halt in development.
Down
- 1. Chemical messenger specialized for communication from neuron to neuron.
- 2. Refers to the acquisition, processing, organizing, and use of knowledge.
- 4. Greek word for study.
- 7. A theory of psychology wherein it states that each individual has a unique potential.
- 8. A theory that suggests that the environment shapes human behavior.
- 10. A conclusion about the cause of an observed behavior/event.
- 11. A set of characteristics unique to each individual.
- 14. Discipline that applies Darwin’s theory of natural selection to man and animal behavior.
- 15. School of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that focuses on internal psychological processes of which we’re unaware.
- 19. Nerve cells exquisitely specialized for communication with each other. The functioning of our brain depends on the cross-talk of these cells.