Vocab Words

2. a person who practices psychoanalysis
3. theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by their cause, their effect on other mental states, and their effect on behavior
4. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
7. the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
11. a statement or account that makes something clear
13. someone who studies the mind and behavior
14. a person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
15. philosophy of life that affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good.
16. able to be noticed or perceived; discernable
18. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders
19. relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity
20. relating to the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts

1. Nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception
5. person who studies the interaction between biological systems and behaviour
6. a method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience that focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system that reflect patterns underlying a superficial diversity.
8. a thing predicted; a forecast.
9. scientific study of of the human mind and its functions
10. examination of observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes
12. a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
17. theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.