Vocabulary

2. approach focusing on how our unconscious mind plays a role in our behavior and cognitions
5. approach focusing on how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems
6. type of psychologist that works with people who have lost mental functioning
7. approach focusing on how we are influenced by and influence those in our society
9. studying behavior and its causes without reference to cognitive activities
12. tries to examine a person’s total experience
13. partly determines how we think/behave, but we do not have conscious control over it
14. approach focusing on our behavior as being learned as a result of reinforcements, punishments and observation
16. approach focusing on human issues and reaching one’s potential
17. approach focusing on our behavior as being a result of genetics, neurotransmitters and hormones
18. type of psychologist that studies age related changes throughout the lifespan
19. type of psychologist that studies how other people influence our behaviors and mental processes
20. approach focusing on how behavior is the result of adaptation in order to survive

1. environmental stimuli that either encourage or discourage certain responses
3. private, unobservable mental processes
4. any action that other people can observe or measure
8. type of psychologist that applies psychology to legal issues & cases
10. focused on the structure of the brain - different elements and their capacities
11. focused on the adaptations of the human mind to different environments
15. type of psychologist that studies processes involved in learning