What Is Psychology?
Psychology is the scientific study of
What is the mind and behavior?
Founder of the first psychology lab
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Focused on breaking down consciousness into mental building blocks.
What is structuralism?
Studies how your brain, nerves, and body fuel your behavior
What is biopsychology?
The largest group of psychologists in the U.S. ,better known by its initials publisher of Manuals
What is the APA?
A tentative explanation tested through research is called a
What is a hypothesis?
Wrote the first Psychology textbook *Principles of Psychology*
William James?
Focused on what mental processes do to help us adapt
What is functionalism?
Looks at how humans grow and change across the lifespan
What is developmental psychology?
Focuses on how we interact, influence, and connect with others.
What is social psychology?
Broad explanations consistently supported by evidence are called
What is a theory?
Perhaps the most famous figure in Psychology. Father of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud?
forget the mind! Just study what we can see and measure
What is behaviorism?
Explores traits like openness and extraversion that make each person unique.
What is personality psychology?
Assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
What is Clinical Psychology?
Psychology became its own discipline in
what is 1879? or the 19th century?
Russian physiologist and Nobel laureate who stumbled into the world of psychology while observing dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” sums up this school
What is Gestalt psychology?
From Swiss psychologist and genetic epistemologist Jean Piaget work with children came
what is "stages of cognitive development"?
hHelp people recognize their strengths and resources to cope with everyday problems and serious adversity
What is Counseling Psychology?
Recognizing internal biases, asking appropriate questions, and making logical observations. Are key features of
What is critical thinking?
Burrhus Frederick argued that "the goal of a science of psychology was to predict and control an organism's behavior"
B.F. Skinner?
The 1950s movement that brought thoughts and memory back into focus
What is the cognitive revolution?
Ran shocking obedience experiments in the 1960s
Who is Stanley Milgram?
Applies psychological principles to legal issues.
What is Forensic Psychology?