Across
- 2. William James's perspective which studied how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play
- 4. viewpoint of studying behavior through only observable behaviors
- 7. Wundt's process of examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities
- 9. measure of relationship between variables
- 11. manipulated variable in an experiment
- 13. system of gathering data so bias and error are reduced in measurement
- 14. general explanation of a set of observations or facts
- 15. originator of psychoanalysis
- 16. variable that represents the measurable response or behavior in an experiment
- 18. mathematics concerned with collection and interpretation of numerical data
- 20. randomely selected subjects from a larger population
- 22. area of specialization
- 23. modern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on a sense of self and motivations beyond those of a sexual nature
- 24. meaning of a variable that allows it to be measured
- 26. tendency of a test to repeatedly return the same scores
- 27. focuses on biological bases of universal human mental characteristics
Down
- 1. attributes human and animal behavior to biological events (genetics, hormones, neurological responses, etc.)
- 3. behavior is a result of interaction of forces (biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences)
- 5. degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to
- 6. study of the structure of the mind
- 8. shift focus from negative to well-being
- 9. study is focused on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning
- 10. scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 12. "third force" in psychology that focuses on aspects of personality that make us uniquely human
- 17. credited as first to apply scientific method to the study of the human mind
- 19. detailed study of an individual
- 21. student of Wundt who came up with structuralism
- 25. explanation of observed phenomena