Early Approaches
Later Approaches
People
School and Careers
Miscellaneous
100
This group of researchers were interested in uncovering the basic units of the mind.
Who are the structuralists?
100
This view focuses on heredity, the nervous system and other physical processes as most responsible for our thoughts and behaviors.
What is the biological view?
(or neurobiological)
100
The founder of the psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory and the treatment called psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
This degree is typically earned if study is continued for approximately 2 years after completing undergraduate studies.
What is a master's degree?
100
The scientific study of human and animal thought and behavior.
What is psychology?
200
This type of psychology was born as William James argued that a focus on function was more important than structure, leading to the first applied psychologists.
What is functionalism?
200
A goal of therapy in this psychological approach is having clients successfully strive for growth and develop their own individual potential.
What is a humanist?
200
This founder of U.S. psychology believed that consciousness is a "stream of ideas" rather than elements that should be broken down into smaller parts.
Who is William James?
200
A psychologist who uses information learned through research to make an actual change in society.
What is an applied psychologist?
200
Fake science; fake psychology
What is pseudopsychology?
300
Psychologists adhering to these principles believe the whole is other than the sum of its parts and apply their work mainly to the study of perception.
Who are Gestalt psychologists?
300
This approach focuses on thinking (cognition), perception, and internal mental processes to explain our thoughts and behaviors.
What is the cognitive view?
(Cognitivists, cognitivism)
300
The founder of psychology; the first to open a laboratory for studying human behavior, and the first to call himself a "psychologist".
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
300
This mental health professional completes medical school, and is therefore a medical doctor.
What is a psychiatrist?
300
Looking for evidence that confirms your own beliefs, while ignoring evidence to the contrary.
What is confirmation bias?
400
This approach focuses on conflicts in the unconscious mind as the cause of mental health issues.
What is psychoanalytic?
(psychoanalysis is the treatment; psychoanalytic or psychodynamic is the theory)
400
In Trait Theory, the acronym that will help you remember the fundamental personality dimensions of the Five Factor Theory.
OCEAN
400
Founder of behaviorist psychology who argued psychology was a science and should therefore only study observable, measurable behaviors, not thoughts or other internal or unconscious processes.
Who is John B. Watson?
400
This type of psychologist is most likely to help companies determine which questions to ask job candidates.
What is an I/O psychologist? (industrial/organizational)
400
Psychological technique that asks people to look inside their minds and describe a sensory or perceptual experience.
What is introspection?
500
This type of psychologist would most likely observe how people behave after they've consumed alcohol, and would be unconcerned with what the person was thinking.
What is a behaviorist?
500
This approach says our cultures, our environments including the people in them, have the biggest impact on our thoughts and behavior.
What is the sociocultural approach?
500
This person's research may be most responsible for the use of animals in experimental research as it showed that discoveries about animal biology and behavior could be applied to humans.
Who is Charles Darwin?
500
Degree needed in order to become a licensed, practicing psychologist in the state of Connecticut.
Hint: it's the highest academic degree a person can earn
What is a Ph.D or Doctorate degree?
500
A psychiatrist is far more likely than a psychologist to use this type of treatment for mental health issues.
What is medicine/drug therapy? (psychopharmacology)