Definitions
Structuralism
What is the understanding of consciousness through introspection?
A person who educates, likely in a school.
What is a teacher?
Biological psychologists study how the structure and function of the nervous system generate behavior.
What is BIOPSYCHOLOGY?
Branch of psychology dealing with justice system.
What is FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY?
One of the founders of psychology.
Who is WILHELM WUNDT?
Functionalism
what is how mental activities help an organism adapt to its environment?
A person whose job involves discovering or verifying information.
What is a researcher?
Developmental psychology studies the physical and mental attributes of aging and maturation.
What is DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY?
Focus on psychological aspects regarding sports and physical performance.
What is SPORTS & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY?
The first American psychologist.
Who is WILLIAM JAMES?
Behaviorism
What is observing and controlling behavior?
An expert or specialist in the branch of psychology concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illness and psychological problems.
What is a clinical psychologist
Focuses on behaviors and thought patterns that are unique to each individual.
What is PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY ?
Branch that applies psychological theories, principles and research to industrial and organizational settings.
What is INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL?
A highly influential figure in the history of psychology.
Who is SIGMUND FREUD?
Humanism
What is the potential for good that is innate to all humans?
A psychological specialty that began with a focus on vocational counseling.
Counseling psychologist
How individuals interact and relate with others and how such interactions can affect behavior.
What is SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY?
Branch that focuses on how individual health is directly related or affected by biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences.
What is HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY?
Famous for their theories regarding changes in cognitive ability that occur as we move from infancy to adulthood.
Who is Jean Piaget?
Psychoanalytic Theory
What is focuses on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior?
To understand and predict what people think and how they purchase goods and services.
What is a marketing psychologist?
Focuses on diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and problematic patterns of behavior.
What is CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY?
The area of study focuses on both the physiological aspects of sensory systems and the psychological experience of sensory information.
What is SENSATION AND PERCEPTION?
First woman to earn a doctorate in Psychology.
Who is MARGARET FLOY WASHBURN?