Vocab.
Using thought only like logic to discover knowledge
Philosophy
They are involved with how mind and behavior change over time.
Developmental Psychologists
"looking within"
Introspection
Behaviorists
Worked for mental health reforms.
Dorthea Dix
Based on observation or experience
Empirical
They seek to assess, understand and change abnormal behavior.
Clinical or Counseling Psychologists
This theory tried to find the structure of consciousness.
Structuralism
This approach looked at free will, self concept etc.
Humanism
He had the first textbook, lab, psychological approach etc.
Wilhelm Wundt
The study of life systems or how the body works.
Physiology
They study things like leadership, worker productivity etc.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
William James' Theory or approach?
Functionalism
Interaction between genetics and physiology interests this approach.
Biological Psychology
Harvard refused her a degree.
Mary Whiton Calkins
The scientific study of mental processes and behavior.
Psychology
Uses statistics to analyze data usually from colleagues.
Quantitative Psychology
This approach tries to describes the whole of consciousness
Gestalt Theory
This approach studies how thought effects behavior.
Cognitive Psychology
1st Woman to earn a PhD in Psychology.
Margaret Floy Washburn
The APA spelled out.
American Psychological Association
This subfield deals with Psychology and the Law.
Forensic Psychology
Personality is from the genes vs. environment
Nature vs. Nurture
Freud's theory say the unconscious and childhood experiences effect us.
Psychoanalysis
The creator of Operant Conditioning.
B.F. Skinner