Introductory Psychology

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Across
  1. 4. understanding the conscious experience through introspection
  2. 7. study of patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique
  3. 9. study of cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationship to experiences and actions
  4. 10. degree conferred in many disciplinary perspectives housed in a traditional college of liberal arts and sciences
  5. 14. theory in psychology that focuses on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior
  6. 17. perspective model that asserts that biology, psychology, and social factors interact to determine an individual’s health
  7. 19. focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt to its environment
  8. 20. suffix that denotes “scientific study of”
Down
  1. 1. area of psychology that applies the science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
  2. 2. area of psychology that focuses on improving emotional, social, vocational, and other aspects of the lives of psychologically healthy individuals
  3. 3. long research paper about research that was conducted as a part of the candidate’s doctoral training
  4. 5. method for acquiring knowledge based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities
  5. 6. scientific study of the mental processes and behavior
  6. 8. study of how biology influences behavior
  7. 11. scientific study of development across a lifespan
  8. 12. perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
  9. 13. focus on observing and controlling behavior
  10. 15. area of psychology that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior
  11. 16. professional organization representing psychologists in the United States
  12. 18. process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts