Across
- 5. Research pure research that aims to confirm an existing theory or to learn more about a concept or phenomenon
- 10. observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
- 11. founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment
- 12. 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
- 13. study the behavior of shoppers to explain and predict their behavior
- 15. a psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
- 18. focuses on how the individual's behavior and mental processes are affected by interactions with other people
- 22. a psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures
- 23. A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
- 27. the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
- 28. studies how people differ from one another
- 29. psychologist A psychologist who studies the effects of the environment on people. (ex. impact of public parks on mental health)
Down
- 1. A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
- 2. psychologist who applies psychology to law and legal proceedings
- 3. the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
- 4. assesses and counsels students, consults with educators and parents, and performs behavioral intervention when necessary
- 6. A psychologist who specializes in the treatment of milder emotional and behavioral disturbances.
- 7. well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 14. Activity private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving
- 16. a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
- 17. Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
- 19. A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
- 20. early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
- 21. father of psychology, first psychology research lab in Leipzig, Germany; research on workings of senses; applied scientific method to psychology; used Introspection
- 24. Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats.
- 25. the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
- 26. concentrate on biological, psychological, and social factors involved in health and illness