Vocab Choice Board Ch1-Intro to Psychology

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Across
  1. 2. the scientific, systematic study of behaviors and mental processes.
  2. 3. a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior
  3. 5. an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research
  4. 9. The second goal of a psychologist is to explain why people behave as they do using psychological principles.
  5. 11. having to do with an organism’s physical processes
  6. 14. having to do with an organism’s thinking and understanding
  7. 16. a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior
  8. 17. The third goal of psychologists is to predict, as a result of accumulated knowledge, what organisms will do and, in the case of humans, what they will think or feel in various situations.
  9. 18. the study of how animals and people adapt to their environments
Down
  1. 1. a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
  2. 2. A person a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
  3. 4. a change in attitude or behavior brought about by social pressure to comply with people perceived to be authorities
  4. 5. a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth
  5. 6. a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior
  6. 7. The first goal for any scientist or psychologist is to describe or gather information about the behavior being studied and to present what is known.
  7. 8. a scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals
  8. 10. vs. Nurture Nature refers to the characteristics that a person inherits such as his or her biological makeup, and Nurture refers to environmental factors, such as family, culture, education, and individual experiences.
  9. 12. The fourth goal of psychologists is to seek influence behavior by conducting studies with a long-term goal of finding out more about human or animal behavior.
  10. 13. a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
  11. 15. the process of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks