Unit 1 History and Approaches

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Across
  1. 3. A field that attempts to understand the links between cognitive processes and brain activity
  2. 5. Focuses primarily on educational, social, and career adjustment problmes.
  3. 7. The various ways of observation in psychology
  4. 8. the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only.
  5. 15. the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation.
  6. 17. study of patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique
  7. 18. Enhanced performance on memory test caused by being tested on the material to be remembered.
  8. 27. Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
  9. 28. The study of how an individual thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by other people.
  10. 29. A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
  11. 30. Research undertaken to solve a specific problem.
  12. 31. study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
  13. 32. the science of behavior and mental processes
  14. 33. The branch of psychology concerned with person environment interactions and the ways society affects individual and community functioning.
Down
  1. 1. studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world.
  2. 2. A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior.
  3. 4. The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
  4. 6. A branch of psychology concerned with the quantification and measurement of mental attributes
  5. 9. A clinical viewpoint emphasizing human ability, growth, potential, and free will (self-actualization)
  6. 10. early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
  7. 11. Study and research meant to increase our scientific knowledge base.
  8. 12. A natural proces resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
  9. 13. A branch of psychology focused on the charcter strengths and behaviors that allow individuals to build a life of meaning and purpose - to move beyond surviving to flourishing.
  10. 14. the study of root behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection.
  11. 16. How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts.
  12. 19. Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review.
  13. 20. How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
  14. 21. The study of how students learn, the effectiveness of particular teaching techniques, the social psychology of schools, and the psychology of teaching.
  15. 22. A debate that centers around whether individual differences in behavioral traits and personality are caused primarily by nature or nurture.
  16. 23. A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
  17. 24. A branch of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use.
  18. 25. early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchner; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
  19. 26. the scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning