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- 3. A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
- 6. Psychologist study the behavior of shoppers to explain and predict their behavior
- 9. psychologist studies how people differ from one another
- 10. A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
- 12. Activity private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving
- 14. James founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment
- 15. Approach in personality theory, this perspective focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development
- 16. Athenian philosopher (ca. 470-399 B.C.E.) who shifted the emphasis of philosophical investigation from questions of natural science to ethics and human behavior. Knowledge is born within us
- 19. psychologist a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
- 20. Skinner Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats.
- 22. Psychologist assesses and counsels students, consults with educators and parents, and performs behavioral intervention when necessary
- 23. well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
- 25. Approach An approach to psychology that emphasizes the inherited, adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes
- 26. B. Watson behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat
- 29. observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
- 31. Freud Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
- 33. psychologist focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people
- 34. Approach psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior
- 37. Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
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- 1. Learning Theory the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
- 2. psychologist A psychologist who studies the effects of the environment on people. (ex. impact of public parks on mental health)
- 4. psychologist A psychologist who specializes in the treatment of milder emotional and behavioral disturbances.
- 5. psychologist a psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
- 6. Approach An approach to psychology emphasizing the mental processes involved in knowing: how we direct our attention, perceive, remember, think, and solve problems.
- 7. perspective A psychological approach that emphasizes social and cultural influences on behavior
- 8. early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
- 11. Psychology a psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts
- 13. Approach an approach to psychology focusing on the body, especially the brain and nervous system
- 17. psychologist the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
- 18. Approach An approach to psychology emphasizing a person's positive qualities, the capacity for positive growth, and the freedom to choose any destiny.
- 21. A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
- 24. psychologists concentrate on biological, psychological, and social factors involved in health and illness
- 27. psychologist psychologist who applies psychology to law and legal proceedings
- 28. psychologist a psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures
- 30. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 32. the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
- 35. Wundt father of psychology, first psychology research lab in Leipzig, Germany; research on workings of senses; applied scientific method to psychology; used Introspection
- 36. Research pure research that aims to confirm an existing theory or to learn more about a concept or phenomenon