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Flashcards by jmmckeithan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jmmckeithan
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| Question | Answer |
| Psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental ( cognitive) processes of humans and animals |
| Wilhelm Wundt | Founder of Modern Psychology |
| structuralism | school where you study the structure elements of the mind |
| Introspection | Observation of one's mental and emotional processes |
| William James | Know for Writting Principles of Psychology |
| Functionalism | Concern of What function does a behavior have |
| Psychoanalysis | Freud's theory of personality and therapy techniques |
| Gestalt Psychology | Ths study of perception and behavior of an individual's response do to stress |
| Phrenology | behavioral characteristics of humans could be described by measuring the bumps on their heads. |
| Behaviorism | The focus on an individual's behavior |
| John B. Watson | " Father of Behaviorism" |
| Little Albert Experiment | Study showing evidence of classical conditioning in humans |
| B.B Skinner | Developing the theory of behaviorism |
| Humanistic Psychology | outlined a hierarchy of needs whereby people are motivated to reach the highest level called self-actualization. |
| Carl B. Rogers BIG IDEA unconditional positive regard | the father of client-centered therapy |
| Nature v. nurture debate | concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited |
| Clinical psychologists | focuses on diagnosing and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. |
| Psychiatrist | a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. |
| Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychologists | The scientific study of human behavior in the workplace and applies psychological theories and principles to organizations |
| Human Factors Psychologists | scientific discipline which examines human behavior and capabilities in order to find the best ways to design products. |
| Biopsychology psychology | a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior. |
| Evolutionary psychology | a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits |
| cognitive psychology | study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking." |
| Sociocultural psychology | understanding why humans behave the way they do. |
| Trephination | surgical intervention where a hole is drilled, incised or scraped into the skull using simple surgical tools. |
| “tabula Rasa” | an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate. |
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