Key Figures
Fields of Psychology
Major Perspectives
Methodology
Research Terms
100
I was the "founder of psychology" and established the first psych lab in Germany
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
100
The field of psychology that helps people with a wide variety of psychological disorders
What is Clinical Psychology?
100
This perspective stresses the human capacity for self-fulfillment
What is Humanistic-Existential perspective?
100
This method of observation studies information about individuals or small groups of people
What is a case study?
100
This means repeating a study to see if findings remain the same over time
What is replication?
200
I was the founder of functionalism
Who is William James?
200
The field of psychology that studies changes throughout the lifespan
What is Developmental Psychology?
200
This perspective focuses on evolution of behavior and mental processes
What is the Evolutionary/Biological perspective?
200
This method of observation studies people in their natural settings in order to avoid interference with behaviors being studied
What is naturalistic observation?
200
This is a specific statement about behavior or mental processes that can be tested through research
What is a hypothesis?
300
I was the founder of behaviorism and conducted the famous Little Albert experiment
Who is John Watson?
300
The field of psychology that studies how behaviors and thoughts or attitudes influence physical health
What is Health Psychology?
300
This perspective believes that we learn through repetition and reinforcement
What is the Behaviorist perspective?
300
This method of observation includes questionnaires and interviews, and can be used to study thousands of people at a time
What is the survey method
300
This is the sampling technique in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being selected
What is a random sample?
400
I believed that psychology should focus on the unconscious, such as conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes
Who is Sigmund Freud?
400
The field of psychology that studies the behavior of shoppers, and use this knowledge to help businesses flourish
What is Consumer Psychology?
400
This perspective studies those things we refer to as "the mind"
What is the Cognitive perspective?
400
This method is the preferred method for answering questions about cause and effect
What is the experimental method?
400
This is the group in an experiment that receives the treatment
What is the experimental group?
500
I wrote About the Psyche, a book written more than 2,000 years ago
Who is Aristotle?
500
The field of psychology that makes it easier for people to use technical systems
What is Human Factors?
500
This perspective addresses the many ways in which people differ from one another (e.g., ethnicity, gender, culture)
What is the Sociocultural perspective?
500
This method observes whether one behavior or trait is related to another
What is correlation?
500
This is the variable that is manipulated by experimenters
What is the independent variable?
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