History of Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What is the contemporary definition of psychology?
This perspective is interested in the behaviors of the person.
What is the behavioral perspective?
This area of psychology is interested in how we grow and change.
What is developmental psychology?
The I-Knew-It-All-Along phenomenon.
What is hindsight bias?
A research method in which we provide a set of questions to a large number of participants.
What are survey methods?
An approach that considers the biology, psychology, and social environment of the person.
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
This perspective is interested in the thought processes of the person.
What is the cognitive perspective?
This area of psychology involves talking to people and helping them navigate life challenges.
What is counseling psychology?
A testable prediction in a scientific study.
What is a hypothesis?
A research method in which we unobtrusively watch individuals in public settings.
What is naturalistic observation?
The Greek word "psyche" translates to soul and is represented by this creature.
What is butterfly?
This perspective is interested in the motives and needs of a person.
What is the humanistic perspective?
This area of psychology is interested in the brain, genetics, and hormones.
What is the biological psychology or neuroscience?
The three components of scientific thinking.
What is curiosity, skepticism, and humility?
A research method where we study a unique person or phenomenon in depth and detail.
What is case study?
The early school of thought that attempted to study the functions of the mind.
What is functionalism?
This perspective is interested in the adaptive value of human thinking and behavior.
What is the evolutionary perspective?
This area of psychology focuses on students experiencing life challenges?
What is educational psychology?
The bias that involves the belief that we know more than we actually do.
What is overconfidence?
A research method best used to make predictions.
What is correlation?
The early school of thought that attempted to determine the structures of the mind.
What is structuralism?
This perspective is interested in the unconscious motivation behind thinking and behavior.
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
This area of psychology focuses on understanding behavior in the workplace.
What is industrial organizational psychology?
The process of observing or
measuring phenomena in order to find
support for or against hypotheses.
What is research?
A research method that can be used to determine causation.
What are experiments?