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Terminology
Sub-disciplines of Psychology
Major Theory Movements in Psychology
Memory, Learning & Consciousness
Psychology All Stars
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the scientific study of mind and behavior. The word mind refers to a set of private events that happen inside a person — the thoughts and feelings that we experience at every moment but that no one else can see — and the word behavior refers to a set of public events — the things we say and do that can potentially be observed by others.

What is Psychology?

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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?

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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?
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all the mental processes that give rise to a person’s thoughts, choices, emotions, and behavior even though they are not experienced by the person.

What is the cognitive unconscious? 

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Psychologist who introduced the psychoanalytic theory of behavior. Also had a wierd obsession with repressed sexual urges.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
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Facilities for treating the mentally ill in Europe during the Middle Ages & into the 19th century.

What are asylums?

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The branch of Psychology concerned with the study of how living among others influences thought, feeling, and behavior.
What is Social Psychology?
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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?

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 the process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory

What is semantic encoding? 

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Man known as the "father of Psychology." His name is alliterative.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
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any stimulus or event that increases the likelihood of the behavior that led to it

What is a reinforcer (reinforcement)?

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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?
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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?
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forgetting what occurs with the passage of time.

What is transience? 

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This man is known as the founder of Behaviorism. Shares the same last name as Sherlock Holmes' assistant.
Who is John B. Watson?
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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?
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The branch of Psychology that blends psychology, law, and criminal justice.
What is Forensic Psychology?
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A theory of psychology that focuses on personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one's highest potential.
What is Humanistic Psychology?
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The tendency of a learned behavior to recover from extinction after a rest period.

What is spontaneous recovery?

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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?
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The view that all knowledge and thoughts come from experience. Similar to the title of the 5th Star Wars movie.
What is Empiricism?
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The branch of Psychology concerned with the application of psychological concepts & questions to work settings.
What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology?
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The most common theoretical orientation utilized in therapy. Combines two branches of Psychology, thus the name.
What is Cognitive Behavioral?
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Receptor cells that transduce odorant molecules into neural impulses

What are olfactory receptor neurons?

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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?