The Early Years
Research
Levels of Analysis
Perspectives
Careers in the Sub-fields
100

The founder of modern psychology

Who is William Wundt

100

The variable that should cause something to happen.

What is Independent Variable

100

brain circuits that make us have a red face is an example of the _____________ level of anger

What is biological

100

Focuses on the structure and composition of thoughts and mental functions

What is structuralism

100

Psychologist who studies the growth & development of a person from birth to death (womb to tomb)

What is a Developmental Psychologist

200

Psychologist who studied conditioning and the development of behavior, famously using dogs

Who is Pavlov

200

We are not exposed to the independent variable

What is the Control Group

200

Level of analysis which would explain how interpretation of a situation affects out anger→ anger affects thinking

what is cognitive

200

Psychologist who focus on how healthy people strive to reach their full potential agree with this perspective.

What is the Humanistic Perspective

200

Psychologists who diagnose and treat people with psychological problems, composing about half of all psychologists

What is Clinical Psychologist

300

Founder of psychoanalysis

Who is Sigmund Freud

300

If I changed the way I behaved when the principal came into the classroom to observe, I would be guilty of . . .

What is Participant Bias

300

The level which explains what triggers angry responses or aggressive acts

What is behavioral 

300

The perspective focusing on the functions rather than structure of the consciousness

What is functionalism
300

A psychologist who helps people cope with challenges and crisis, such as change, life events, etc. 

What is Counseling Psychologist

400

Pioneered the study of humanistic psychology

Who is Maslow

400

A study in which you followed the same group of freshmen through three years of high school would be an example of a  . . .

What is Longitudinal Study

400

Level that explains how expression of an emotion like anger varies across cultural contexts  

What is social-cultural

400

I am very helpful today because as a child my mother would never accept my offers to help around the house. What perspective would examine this?

What is the psychodynamic perspective

400

Psychologist who studies how we perceive, think and solve problems 

What is an Cognitive Psychologist

500

This school of thought went against the ideas of structuralism and states "The whole is different from the sum of its parts"

What is Gestalt Psychology

500

This is a method where a single individual or thing is studied in depth

What is Case Study

500

The ___________ level of analysis for would note features such as anger= outburst of unconscious hostility

What is psychodynamic 

500

I began to smoke cigarettes when I was around friends, but I would not smoke around my parents. What perspective would focus on these behaviors

What is the Social Cultural Perspective

500
Psychologists who study teaching and learning

What is an educational psychologist