Understanding the basics
The scientific study of the mind and behavior
What is psychology?
The minimum degree needed to teach psychology courses at a high school
What is a bachelor's degree?
The Australian neurologist who was fascinated by patients suffering from "hysteria" and neurosis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The professional organization representing US psychologists
What is the APA - American Psychological Association?
The suffix which denotes the "scientific study of"
What is "ology"?
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is...
What is a proposed explanation?
The minimum degree necessary to work as a school psychologist
What is a master's degree?
Theorist who proposed the hierarchy of needs
Who is Abraham Maslow?
The discipline which studies how biology influences behavior.
What is biopsychology?
A long research paper about the research conducted as part of a candidate's doctoral training
What is a dissertation?
Before psychology was a recognized discipline, matters of the mind were examined by this discipline
What is philosophy?
The typical degree needed to serve as a psychology professor at a 4 year college.
What is a PhD?
Known as the father of behaviorism
Who is John Watson?
The area of psychology which examines thoughts and their relationship to experiences and actions
What is cognitive psychology?
The perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
What is humanism?
The device used to study the principles of operant conditioning
What is the Skinner box?
The terminal degree which places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills.
What is a PsyD?
First person referred to as a psychologist
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The area of psychology which examines the scientific study of changes across the lifespan
What is developmental psychology?
Understanding the conscious experience through introspection
What is structuralism?
The percentage of participants in Milgram's study who appeared to administer lethal electrical shocks because they were told to do so by an authority figure.
What is 2/3?
A researcher interested in the factors that make an employee best suited for a given job is a psychologist specializing in this area.
What is industrial-organizational (I-O)?
The first American psychologist
Who is William James?
The discipline which examines the genetic influence on behavior.
What is evolutionary psychology?
The method for acquiring knowledge based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities
What is the empirical method?