Approaches
Psychologists
Vocabulary
Fields of Psychology
Potpourri
100
This approach is interested in the unconscious mind. Unconscious motivations and conflicts are reponsible for most human behavior
What is psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
100
I am a female poineer in psychology I wanted to get my Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard, but women at this time were barred from it. William James accepted me as a student, but the male students then dropped the class. I studied with James and completed the program outperforming the males on the examination. I eventually became a professor at Wellesley.
Who is Mary Whiton Calkins
100
observing and analyzing one's own mental experiences
What is Introspection
100
A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
What is a clinical psychologist
100
This newest approach in psychology involves studying the influence of cultural and ethnic similarities and differences on behavior and social functioning
What is the sociocultural approach
200
This approach emphasizes how the brain, the nervous system, chemicals, and hormones influence our behavior
What is the biological approach
200
I created the first Psych lab in order to study psychology in a scientific manner. My work attracted many students in to the field of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
200
A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
What is a theory
200
a psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn
What is an educational psychologist
200
an assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research
What is a hypothesis
300
this approach looks at human nature as evolving and self directed. Each person is unique and has a self-concept and potential to develop fully.
What is the humanistic approach
300
We are German psychologists who believedthat perception is more than the sum of its parts- it involves the whole pattern
Who are Werthiemer, Kohler, and Koffka
300
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans and animals
What is psychology
300
Works in legal, court and correctional systems. They assist police by developing personality profiles of criminals and help law enforcement understand issues like abuse
What is a forensic psychologist
300
people who have been trained to observe, analyze evaluate, and treat behavior
What are psychologists
400
This approach focuses on how we process, store, and use information and how this information influences our thinking,language, problem solving, and creativity. Behavior is influence by perceptions, memories, and expectations
What is the Cognitive approach
400
We are the psychologists associated with the cognitive approach to psychology
Jean Piaget, Noam Chomsky, and Leon Festinger
400
a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
What is psychiatry
400
Studies the effects of natural disasters, overcrowding, and pollution on people
What is an environmental psychologist
400
a psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
What is an industrial psychologist
500
This approach looks at how organisms learn to modify their behavior based on their response to events in their environment
What is the behavioral approach
500
We are the psychologists associated with the Humanistic approach to psychology
Who are Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Rollo May
500
Discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals like helping someone with insomnia
What is applied science
500
a psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal and social changes that occur as an individual matures.
What is a developmental psychologist
500
The four goals of psychology
What is Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Influence
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