Vocab
Perspectives
Careers in Psych
Psych as a Science
Random
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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes is the definition of
Psychology
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Unconscious behaviors is associated with which psychologist?
Freud
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The type of psychologists that studies biological, emotional, cognitive, and social changes over a lifetime.
Developmental
100
What are the four goals of psychology?
describe, explain, predict, influence
100
The scientific and professional society of psychologists is known as the
APA _ American Psychological Association
200
A general approach to gathering information and answering questions that minimizes errors and bias is the definition of
The Scientific Method
200
Behavior that is caused by an imbalance of serotonin is called who be most identified by a _________ psychologist.
Biological
200
This type of psychologist researches intelligence, memory, problem solving, and motivation with the goal of helping students learn more effectively.
Educational psychologist
200
Who led psychology's use of the scientific method?
Wilhelm Wundt
200
What is free association and who was it developed by?
Varies and Freud
300
The process of thinking and understanding defines __________ thinking.
Cognitive
300
According to a _________ psychologist, A negative interaction with a cat early on in life would cause one to fear cats in their adult life.
Psychoanalytical
300
Medical professionals who treat people for behaviors is called a
Psychiatrist
300
The first modern psychologists to study the unconscious mind was
Freud
300
Maslow and Rogers focused on what approach to Psychology?
Humanistic
400
The process used to train dogs is called
shaping
400
A ________ psychologist would attribute inappropriate behavior to the culture that accepts it
Humanistic
400
Psychologists who work in schools or business to assist people with everyday problems are called
Counseling psychologists
400
Galton studied how _______ influences a personas abilities, characters, and behavior.
Heredity
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What is the difference between basic science and applied science?
Basic is to acquire information and applied science is to apply to life.
500
A complex explanation of phenomena based on findings from scientific research is called a
Theory
500
A _______ psychologists attributes negative behaviors to the way one perceives something.
Cognitive
500
Psychologists who study the effect of drugs are called ___________. These psychologists also try to explain behavior using _________ factors.
Psychobiologists; biological
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Cognitivists study how we _____, ______, _____, _____, information.
processes, store, retrieve, and use
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What approach did Skinner focus on?
Behaviorist
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