What is Psychology
The scientific study of the mind and behavior
Psychology
A German scientist who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist
Wilhelm Wundt
APA stands for ___________
American Psychological Association
Created the first psychological laboratory
Wilhelm Wundt
The study of how biology influences behavior
Biopsychology
Psychological science is ________
Empirical
Austrian neurologist who was fascinated by patients suffering form "hysteria" and neurosis
Sigmund Freud
The scientific study of development across a lifespan
Developmental psychology
Abraham Maslow
Observing and controlling behavior
Behaviorism
The year psychology was accepted as its own academic discipline.
Late 1800's (1875)
The first woman to be awarded the doctoral degree in psychology.
Margaret Floy Washburn
Area of psychology that focuses on studying cognition, or thoughts, and their relationship to our experiences and our actions.
Cognitive Psychology
When a person is speaking and suddenly a word they did not intend to say aloud accidentally slips out
Freudian slip
Understanding of the conscious experience through introspection
Structuralism
_____ are skills gained within an education in psychology.
Critical thinking skills, evaluation of information, and communication skills.
Studied classical conditioning by experimenting with the salivation reflex in dogs
Ivan Pavlov
memory, mate choice, relationships between kin, friendship, cooperation, parenting, social organizations, and status.
Wrote The Animal Mind: A Textbook of Comparative Psychology
Margaret Floy Washburn
Diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and other behavior
Clinical psychology
2 well-known individuals with psychology majors which are mentioned in the chapter are _______.
Zuckerberg, Steward, Portman, and Craven
The chamber that allowed the careful study of the principles of modifying behavior through reinforcement and punishment was called ______
Operant conditioning chamber, or Skinner box
The five traits listed in the Five Factor model in personality psychology
Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism
Created a pigeon-guided missile
B.F. Skinner
Applies science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system
Forensic psychology