Vocab Words

2. 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
6. scientific study of the human mind and its functions
8. able to be noticed or perceived; dicernable
9. a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
11. relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity
12. philosophy of life that affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good.
13. theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by their cause, their effect on other mental states, and their effect on behavior
14. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders
16. the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
17. a thing predicted; a forecast.
18. person who studies the interaction between biological systems and behaviour

1. theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.
3. a statement or account that makes something clear.
4. someone who studies the mind and behavior
5. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
6. relating to branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts
7. a person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
10. examination of observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes
15. 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
18. a person who practices psychoanalysis