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terminology
Subdisciplines
Major movements in Psychology
Psychology All Stars
Neurotransmitter
100
The scientific study of thought and behavior
What is Psychology?
100
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Also the single largest discipline in Psych.
What is clinical psychology?
100
A clinically based approach to understanding and treating psychological disorders; assumes that that the unconscious mind is the most powerful force behind thought and behavior.
What is Psychoanalysis?
100
Psychologist who introduced the psychoanalytic theory of behavior. Also had a wierd obsession with repressed sexual urges.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100

This neurotransmitter helps with muscle movement and memory.

 What is acetylcholine?

200

These branch-like structures receive information from other neurons.

What are dendrites?

200
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of how living among others influences thought, feeling, and behavior.
What is Social Psychology?
200
The 19th century school of psychology that argued that breaking down experience into its elemental parts offers the best way to understand thought and behavior.
What is structuralism?
200
Man known as the "father of Psychology." His name is alliterative.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
200

This neurotransmitter affects mood and sleep

serotonin

300

This space between neurons allows chemical communication.

What is the sypnase

300
The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of what makes people unique and the consistencies in people's behavior across time and situations.
What is Personality Psychology?
300
A school of psychology that proposed that psychology can be a true science only if it examines observable behavior, not ideas, thoughts, feelings, or motives.
What is Behaviorism?
300
This man is known as the founder of Behaviorism. Shares the same last name as Sherlock Holmes' assistant.
Who is John B. Watson?
300

This neurotransmitter is linked to movement and learning.

What is Dopamine

400
The main method of investigation for structuralists; it involves looking into one's own mind for information about the nature of conscious experience.
What is Introspection?
400
The branch of Psychology that blends psychology, law, and criminal justice.
What is Forensic Psychology?
400
A theory of psychology that focuses on personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one's highest potential.
What is Humanistic Psychology?
400
Main proponent for the humanistic approach (emphasizing personal growth), published text "Client-Centered Therapy." Shares the name of the TV show host who asked "Won't you be my neighbor?"
Who is Carl Rogers?
400

This is the brain’s main inhibitory neurotransmitter.

 What is GABA?

500

This process reabsorbs neurotransmitters back into the sending neuron.

What is Reuptake?

500
The branch of Psychology concerned with the application of psychological concepts & questions to work settings.
What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology?
500
The most common theoretical orientation utilized in therapy. Combines two branches of Psychology, thus the name.
What is Cognitive Behavioral?
500
Psychologist best known for conceptualization of the stages of growth leading to personal fulfillment. Best known for his "hierarchy of needs"
Who is Abraham Maslow?
500

These chemicals reduce pain and create pleasure.

What are endorphins?