Famous Psychologists
"Father of Psychology"
Wilhelm Wundt
Schools often have these to help students with issues they face.
Counselor
Deals with the structure or "Building blocks" of thought based around sensory experience. (The game we did with partners and images)
Structuralism
A study in which scientists know the experimental and control groups, but subjects are unaware if they receive the placebo or not.
Single blind study
A modern type of psychology that studies thoughts, memory, expectations, perceptions, and other mental processes.
Cognitive psychology
Studied behaviorism. Known for his experiment on Little Albert, a nine-month-old exposed to rats and frightening sounds.
John B. Watson
Analyzes and researches psychology, typically they have a PHD or MD.
Psychoanalyst
Studies learning and teaching in the classroom, as well as school social dynamics.
Educational psychology
The variable that is applied to the experiment group.
Independent variable.
When threatening thoughts are unconsciously held out of awareness.
Repression
Famous psychoanalyst who studied the unconscious mind. Theorized many behaviors are motivated by subconscious aggressions and sexual desires.
Sigmond Freud
They prescribe medications and treatments to those with mental disorders. They have an MD and typically don't do much talk therapy.
Psychiatrist
Studies observable behaviors, and things that can affect behavior such as stimulus.
Behaviorism
Two variables that have a positive or negative relationship, but do not necessarily indicate causation.
Correlation
Small group that accurately reflects a larger population.
Representative sample
Psychoanalyst famous for using the ink blot test.
Herman Rorschach
Treat more severe psychological problems or do research on mental disorders
Clinical Psychologists
Studies the unique person, focuses on problems, potentials, and ideals.
Humanism
Using public polling techniques to answer psychological questions.
Survey method
Famously survived a tamping rod being launched through his skull. He became a study for how damage to a brain could affect one's behavior.
Phineas Gage
Studied humanism, and sought out those who had developed self-actualization, or realized their full potential.
Abraham Maslow
Mental health professional who applies social science principles to help people in clinics and hospitals. Presently a very popular profession, some are now present in schools.
Psychiatric Social worker
Studies the physiology of the brain. Uses modern tech like CAT scans, EEGs, and MRIs to study the brain and its function.
Biopsychology
An experiment in which neither the scientist or subject knows if the subject is in the experimental or control group.
Double blind
A system of ideas that interrelates facts and concepts, summarizes existing data, and predicts future observations.
A good ______ must be falsifiable (i.e., operationally defined) so that it can be disconfirmed.
Theory