Structuralism vs. Functionalism & Humanistic vs. Positive
Scientific Method
100
The study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems.
What is Cognitive Psychology
100
The study of how living among others influences thought, feeling, and behavior.
What is Social Psychology
100
Assumes the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior. Dreams are an important source of data about the unconscious mind.
What is Sigmund Freud
100
19th century school of thought that argued that breaking down experience into its elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behavior.
What is Structuralism
100
To propose a hypothesis based on theory
What is to Predict
200
The study of how thought and behavior change remain stable across the life span.
What is Developmental Psychology
200
The diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and the promotion of psychological health.
What is Clinical Psychology
200
Is considered the founder of American Psychology. Taught G. Stanley Hall, and Mary Whiton Calkins, who went on to be the first female president of the APA in 1905.
What is William James
200
19th century school of thought that argued it was better to look at why the mind works the way it does than to describe its parts.
What is Functionalism
200
A set related assumptions from which scientists can make testable predictions.
What is Theory
300
The study of the links among brain, mind, and behavior
What is Behavioral Neuroscience
300
The study of the role psychological factors play in regard to health and illness.
What is Health Psychology
300
In 1879, opened the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany (considered the birth place of experimental psychology) Credited to have given psychology its independence from physiology and philosophy by applying the scientific methods of physiology to questions of philosophy.
What is Wilhelm Wundt
300
Theory of psychology that promotes personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one’s highest potential.
What is Humanistic Psychology
300
The repetition of a study to confirm the results; essential to the scientific process.
What is Replication
400
Biological Psychology
What is The study of the relationship between bodily systems and chemicals and how they influence behavior.
400
Sport Psychology
What is The study of psychological factors in sports and exercise.
400
Stated that memory is not an objective and accurate representation of events but rather a highly personal reconstruction based on one’s own beliefs, ideas, and point of view. The way we think about things (cognitive frameworks) organizes how we experience the world.
What is B.F. Skinner
400
Scientific approach to studying, understanding, and promoting healthy and positive psychological functioning.
What is Positive Psychology
400
Analyze resulting data to confirm or disconfirm the theory-prediction.
What is Interpret
500
Personality Psychology
What is The study of what makes people unique and the consistencies in people’s behavior across time and situations.
500
Forensic Psychology
What is Field that blends psychology, law, and criminal justice.
500
Earned the first PhD in 1878 in psychology (United States). Established the first laboratory in the U.S. at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and founded the APA (American Psychological Association). Started the first scientific journal in American psychology. He also taught the first African American to earn a PhD in psychology in 1920.
What is Stanley Hall
500
A theory of psychology that maintain that we perceive things whole rather than as a compilation of parts
What is Gestalt Psychology
500
What does that anagram O-P-T-I-C stand for?
What is Observe, Predict, Test, Interpret, Communicate