vocabulary
The view that knowledge originates in experience so science should rely on observation and experimentation.
What is empiricism?
believed that knowledge is innate.
Who is Plato?
historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth.
What is humanistic psychology?
the branch of psychology that studies the links between biological and psychological processes.
What is biological psychology?
an early through in psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind.
What is structuralism?
He established the first psychology laboratory in Germany.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The science of behavior and mental processes.
What is psychology?
The study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principals of natural selection.
What is evolutionary psychology?
What is functionalism?
A psychologist associated with introspection.
Who was Edward Bradford Titchener?
the controversy over how genes and experience influence development.
what is nature-nurture?
The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating.
What is cognitive psychology?
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
What is behaviorism?
behaviorist who studied how consequences shape behavior.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The idea that the traits that are the strongest will be passed on to future generations and survive.
What is natural selection?
The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking.
What is the social-cultural psychology?
The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method.
What is experimental psychology?
He believed in natural selection.
Who is Darwin?
An approach to psychology that incorporates biological and psychological approaches.
What is the biopsychological approach?
the study of how psychological processes affect and enhance teaching and learning.
What is educational psychology?