What do they DO
Sports Psychologists
Science of studying behavior and mental processes
what is psychology
Generally referred to as the founder of psychology- He created the first psychology lab
Who is William Wundt
Examines the relationships between biological processes and behavior
What is the Physiological perspective
Education Guess
What is Hypothesis
Help focus on psychological processes associated with aging
What is Geropsycholgists
To describe, control, explain or predict.
What are the goals of psychology
William Wundt was interested in this which was an attempt to study consciousness by having people report on mental experiences/sensations/feelings
Movement in psychology that applies principles of Darwins evolution to a wide range of behavior
What is Evolutionary Psychology
An attempt to duplicate findings
What is Replication
Work within the legal system- might even provide criminal profiles
What is Forensic psychologists
This school of psychology holds that the brain structures our perceptions of the world in terms of meaningful patterns or wholes
What is Gestalt Psychology
Wundt and Tichener founded this, an approach that attempted to define the structure of the mind by breaking down mental experiences into parts
This view says that there is a struggle between unconscious sexual or aggressive impulses...and that our mind tries to bury or repress these impulses
What is Psychodynamic
An association between variables
What is correlation
analyze human behavior in context with animal behavior
What is comparative psychology
An approach to psychology that emphasizes the role of social and cultural influences on behavior. (for ex. ethnicity, sexual orientation, income level, etc.)
What is Sociocultural Perspective
William James founded this.. a school of psychology that focuses on the adaptive functions of behavior
What is functionalism
These psychologists study mental processes, including thinking, learning, memory, use of language, and problem solving.
What is Cognitive
IN well designed studies... experimenters always ensure their participants are this
What is Random
analyze relationships between the brain and behavior
what is neuropsychologists
In depth study of one or more individuals
This person argued that we cannot observe people's mental processes, we should limit psychology to what we can observe
Who is John Watson
These psychologists believe that free will and conscious choice are essential aspects of the human experience
What is Humanistic
Experiments are designed to be separated into these two groups to ensure the effectiveness of studies...
WHat is Control & Experimental