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Terms
Types of Psychologist
Famous Psychologist
Perspectives
"Isms"
100
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is Psychology
100
Identify and help students who have problems that interfere with learning
What is School Psychologist
100
Founded psychoanalysis
What is Sigmund Freud
100
This perspective emphasizes the influence of biology on our behavior
What is Biological Perspecive
100
Experiences often remind us of similar experiences in the past
What is Associationism
200
Any action that others can observe or measure
What is Behavior
200
Makes up the largest group. Help people with psychological problems.
What is Clinical Psychologists
200
Introduced the the concept of reinforcement
What is B. F Skinner
200
Focuses on the evolution of behavior and mental processes
What is Evolutionary Perspecitives
200
A field of experimental psychology, concerned with discovering the basic elements of consciousness
What is Structuralism
300
A statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do
What is a theory
300
Conducts research into basic processes such as the functions of the nervous system
What is Experimental Psychologist
300
Famous African American Psychologist
What is Kenneth B. Clark
300
Emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior
What is Cognitive Perspective
300
Concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment
What is functionalism
400
"Looking within" an carefully examining our thoughts and feelings
What is Introspection
400
Concerned with people's behavior in social situations
What is Social Psychologist
400
Founder of the school of Behaviorism
What is John B. Watson
400
The perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior
What is Psychoanalytic perspective
400
the scientific study of observable behavior
What is Behaviorism
500
A rule or law
What is a Principle
500
Use interview and tests to identify their clients' problems
What is Counseling Psychologists
500
Founded the field of experimental psychology that came to be known as structuralism
What is Wilhelm Wundt
500
the psychological view that assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the freedom to make choices
What is Humanistic perspective
500
The main founder of Functionalism
What is William James