Vocab
The science of behavior and mental processes.
Psychology
Founder of the field of psychology as an academic subject and also known as the “father of psychology”
Wilhelm Wundt
looks at how social interaction and cultural environment shape human behavior, thinking, and development
socio-cultural perspective
The level at which traits are inherited
Heritability
This movie became the biggest box office movie of 2026 and one of the largest box office movies ever, grossing over $2 Billion
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes
Genes
Sigmund Freud essentially created the modern version of __________ with his study of the "talking cure"
Therapy
Sigmund Freud is associated with this psychological perspective
Psychoanalysis
Psychologists that use their skills as therapists, assessment specialists, and research to promote psychological health in groups and individuals.
Clinical Psychologists
Which team is the last to have both an undefeated National Champion basketball team and an undefeated National Champion football team?
Indiana Hoosiers
Every non-genetic influence, starting with prenatal nutrition and involving the people and areas around you
Environment
Psychologist who pioneered classical conditioning and heavily shaped behaviorism
Ivan Pavlov
Field of psychology that focuses on the structure of conscious experiences by analyzing the basic elements of thoughts and sensations.
Structuralism
Adopted children share more personality traits similar to their biological parents than with their adopted parents. Is this argument made more in support of nature or nurture?
Nature
This TV show, that first aired in 2005 and has been renewed for a 23rd season, is STILL currently in the top 10 most watched T.V. shows
Grey's Anatomy
Understood rules for accepted and expected behavior.
Norms
Strong follower of the Humanistic perspective that states that healthy people strive to reach their full potential
Abraham Maslow
Field of psychology looking at personality and a therapeutic technique that attributes our thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts
Psychoanalysis
A field that looks at how environment and genes influence our individual differences.
The Michael Jackson movie released this year, creating a resurgence in his music. How many Michael Jackson songs reached the Billboard top 100 in 2026
6
Random errors in gene replication that lead to a change in the individual’s genetic code: the source of all genetic diversity.
Mutation
Swiss biologist that pioneered work with child development by seeing the mistakes younger kids make compared to older kids
Jean Piaget
an approach that focuses on individual potential, free will, and personal growth rather than on unconscious drives or conditioned behaviors.
Humanistic Perspective
Dmitri Belyaev, the Russian scientist who began the "Russian Fox Experiment", was hoping to find what through his tests?
The friendliness gene or domestic gene
This year marked the 23rd FIFA World Cup. Which country currently holds the most World Cup wins?
Brazil