Research Methodology

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Across
  1. 1. the study of psychological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application
  2. 4. the study of psychological issues that have direct practical significance and the application of psychological findings
  3. 7. a psychological approach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the two sexes
  4. 9. the theory that behavior is learned and maintained through observation and imitation of others, positive consequences, and cognitive processes such as plans and perceptions.
  5. 13. a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior.
  6. 15. the process of reducing a phenomenon to a single type of explanation or to a limited set of elements or a particular type.
  7. 16. the discipline concerned with behavior & mental processes & how they are affected by an organisms physical state, mental state and external environment.
  8. 17. an early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.
Down
  1. 2. a psychological approach that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of human potential, rather than the scientific understanding and assessment of behavior.
  2. 3. a precise definition of a term in a hypothesis, which specifies the operations for observing and measuring the process or phenomenon being defined.
  3. 5. a psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings and thoughts
  4. 6. an organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomenon and their interrelations.
  5. 8. a statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomenon; scientific hypotheses specify relationships among events or variables and are empirically tested.
  6. 10. the ability & willingness to assess claims and make judgement on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence, rather than emotion or anecdote.
  7. 11. relying on or derived from observation, experimental or measurement.
  8. 12. a psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a persons or animals actions it includes behaviorisms and social-cognitive learning theories
  9. 14. a theory of personality and a method psychotherapy originally developed by Sigmund Freud, which emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.