Psych Vocab 1

The study of psychological issues that have direct practical significance and the application f psychological findings

The study of psycological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application

A subdivision of the learning perspective which focuses on the environmental rewards and punishers that maintain of discourage specific behaviors

A psycological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts

This man's theory of evolution influenced many psychologists, when he asked that functions of behavior can be explained in survival terms

The psycological specialist who is licensed to diagnose, treat, and study mental or emotional problems and disabilities

A psycological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior

The psychologist specialists who generally help normal people deal with problems of everyday life; ie. test anxiety, family and marital problems, etc

The ability and willingness to assess claims, to make judgements on the basis of well supported reasons and evidence, rather than emotion or anecdote

A psychologist specialist which examine how cultural rules and values-both explicit and unspoken- affect peoples development, behavior, and feelings

A psycological specialist who studies how people change and grow over time, physically, mentally, and socially

The Psychologist specialist who studies psycological principles that explain learning and ways to improve learning

Evidence gathered by careful observation, experimentation, and measurement, and which is checkable.

An approach to psychology which uses are species' evolutionary path to help explain our present behaviors and psychological traits

The psycological specialist who conducts laboratory studies in all areas of psychology and cognition

A psycological approach that analyzes the influence of social inequities on gender relations and on the behavior of the 2 sexes

An early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and conciousness

A psycological approach that emphasizes free will, personal growth, resilience, and the achievement of human potential

a psycological specialist who studies behavior in the workplace.

A psycological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a person's or animal's actions; it includes behaviorism and social cognitive learning theories

A critical thinking principle where one chooses the explanation that accounts for the most evidence while making the fewest unverified assumptions

The now discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read"      from bumps on the skull

A contemporary research specialty in modern psychology which focuses on the qualities that enable people to be happy, optimistic, and resilient in times of stress.

A M.D. who specializes in mental disorders, maladjustments, and abnormal behavior

A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formulated by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts

A person trained specifically in the theories and techniques of Sigmund Freud, and who has undergone their own psychoanalysis

Any pseudoscience and quackery that is covered by a veneer of psycological language

A psycological approach that emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the individual--such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy

The area of psycological work which provides health or mental health services

The (Scientific) discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organisms physical state, mental state, and the external enviromnent

A psycological specialist who designs and evaluates tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, and personality

Anyone who does any kind of psycological therapy

The psychologist whose work is with parents, teachers, and students who enhance students' performance and emotional development

His book "The Interpretation of Dreams" began the psychoanalytic movement in Vienna.  He was the champion of the unconscious and its influence in determining human behavior

Explain learning by adaptation of behavior to the enviromnent, and also by imitation of others and by thinking about the events happening around them

The psycological specialists who focus on social rules and roles, how groups affect attitudes and behaviors, and the how the social context influence individuals and vice versa

A psycological approach that emphasizes social and cultural infliences on behavior

An early psycological approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements using the method of introspection

He is given the title of the "founding father" of psychology because his psychology laboratory was the first to attempt a scientific study of the field

A founder of the functionalist school of psychology, this man helped broaden the field of psychology's study and methodology