Terminology
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Also the single largest discipline in Psych.
What is clinical psychology?
A clinically based approach to understanding and treating psychological disorders; assumes that that the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior.
What is Psychoanalysis?
A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots is an example of this theory of psychology.
Who is Gestalt Psychology?
The Greek word for soul
What is psyche?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of how living among others influences thought, feeling, and behavior.
What is Social Psychology?
The 19th century school of psychology that argued that breaking down experience into its elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behavior.
What is structuralism?
This theory focuses on the function of behavior and the operation of the whole mind rather than the individual parts.
What is functionalism.
Man known as the "father of Psychology." Had the first psychological lab in Germany.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Method for acquiring knowledge based on observation, including experimentation.
What is empirical method?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of what makes people unique and the consistencies in people's behavior across time and situations.
What is Personality Psychology?
A school of psychology that proposed that psychology can be a true science only if it examines observable behavior, not ideas, thoughts, feelings, or motives.
What is Behaviorism?
This branch of psychology focuses on how we interact and relate to others.
What is Social Psychology?
The main method of investigation for structuralists; it involves looking into one's own mind for information about the nature of conscious experience.
What is Introspection?
The branch of Psychology that blends psychology, law, and criminal justice.
What is Forensic Psychology?
A theory of psychology that focuses on personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one's highest potential.
What is Humanistic Psychology?
This pyramid shows 5 levels of needs that motivate human behavior.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
Professional organization representing psychologists in the United States.
What is the American Psychological Association?
The branch of Psychology concerned with the application of psychological concepts & questions to work settings.
What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology?
The study of thoughts and their relationship to experiences and actions.
What is Cognitive Psychology?
Model that includes personality traits that are believed to underlie each individual's basic tendencies
What is the Five Factor Model?