Fields of Psychology
Other Terms
People Behind Psychology
Basis of Psychology
100

A scientist studies the functions of the brain, this field studies the consciousness.

What is Functionalist

100

One of two uses of psychology, this term is used in studies of situations and health in the real world.

What is Applied

100

This scientist lived till 1980 in his 80's, he developed the field of Cognitivism.

Who is Jean Piaget

100
This is the study of the mind, and you should know this if you're doing this Jeopardy game.

What is Psychology

200

A scientist who believes in each persons freedom defines their choices, a famous scientist opened a school in New York for this field of psychology.

What is Humanist

200

One of two uses in Psychology, this term is used in studies of situations in controlled environments.

What is Experimental

200

This scientist, while not mainly known for psychology, opened a school for a field of psychology in New York.

Who is Albert Einstein.

200

This field is often confused with Psychology, they deal with medicine and diagnoses of mental disorders.

What is Psychiatry

300

A scientist in this field studies how we hold memory, this field studies how thought processes influence behavior.

What is Cognitivist 

300

This institute is the leading scientific organization here in America, and has many departments towards studying specific fields.

What is American Psychological Association

300

Known as the Father of Psychology, this scientist opened the first school of psychology in 1879.

Who is Wilhelm Wundt

300

Not a field but a theory, this theory believes in interpretations of patterns instead of something as a whole.

What is Gestalt Psychology

400

The study of how changes in our bodies influence behavior, this field tackles physical and chemical changes.

What is Psychobiologist

400

This institute was the very first lab of Psychology. Established in 1879 at the University of Leipzig, and founded by Wilhelm Wundt.

What is Institute for Experimental Psychology

400

This Austrian scientist who passed in 1939 is responsible for the field of Psychoanalysis.

Who is Sigmund Freud

400

Developed by Francis Galton, this theory believes in the passing down of these things through family.

What is Inheritable Traits