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LEFTOVERS
100
Based on the idea that the mind functions by combining objective sensations and subjective feelings.
What is structuralism?
100
Psychologists who try to improve the performances of athletes.
What is a sports psychologist?
100
Dreaming is an example of this type of activity.
What is cognitive?
100
Ancient Greek who believed that people could learn much about themselves through introspection.
Who is Socrates?
100
Any action that people can observe or measure.
What is behavior?
200
Based on the belief that humans have the capacity for self-fulfillment and the ability to make conscious choices.
What is humanistic perspective?
200
Treats a person suffering from depression.
What is a clinical psychologist?
200
In the Middle Ages, people who acted strangely were said to be possessed by these.
What are demons? (devil)
200
Psychologist who believed that experience is a fluid and continuous "stream of consciousness."
Who is William James?
200
A research method in which psychologists collect data by asking questions of people in a particular group.
What is a survey?
300
Based on the belief that adaptive behavior patterns are learned and maintained because they help people operate more effectively.
What is functionalism?
300
I would help a school district choose a standardized test.
What is an educational psychologist?
300
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" describes this theory or perspective.
What is Gestalt psychology?
300
I established the first laboratory for the scientific study of the mind.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
300
A statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do.
What is a theory?
400
Focuses on the influence that issues such as ethnicity, gender, and economic status have on behavior and mental processes.
What is sociocultural perspective?
400
I routinely work within the criminal justice system.
What is a forensic psychologist?
400
This perspective has been most influenced by computer science.
What is cognitive?
400
Central to my work is the theory of reinforcement.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
400
Type of psychologists who deal with people who have adjustment problems.
What is a counseling psychologist?
500
Focuses on the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts in determining human behavior.
What is psychoanalytic perspective?
500
I am a medical doctor who specializes in treating psychological problems.
What is a psychiatrist?
500
This is the study of behavior and mental processes.
What is psychology?
500
The most famous of the early psychologists, I founded the school of thought called psychoanalysis.
What is Sigmund Freud?
500
Psychologists who study the psychological effects of the environment on people's behavior.
What is an environmental psychologist?
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