A complex explanation of phenomena based on findings.
What is a theory?
100
The first modern psychologist who was primarily interested in understanding the unconscious mind
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
having to do with the process of thinking and understanding.
What is cognitive
100
Psychologist who works mainly in a mental health or welfare agancy
What is a community psychologist?
100
The study of thoughts and behaviors in humans and animals
What is psychology?
200
A psychologist who analyzes observable behavior and studies conditioning and reinforcement.
What is a behaviorist?
200
To a functionalist, the actions of the conscious mind serve what purpose?
Survival
200
a general approach to gathering information and answering questions that minimizes errors and bias
What is the scientific method?
200
Psychologist who researches topics related to intelligence, memory, problem solving, and motivation with the goal of helping students learn more effectively.
What is an educational psychologist?
200
Psychologists who study the effects of natural disasters, overcrowding, and pollution.
Who are environmental psychologists?
300
a psychologist who studied the basic elements of conscious mental experiences.
What is a structuralist?
300
the society of people that began studying human behavior in the 5th and 6th centuries B.C., and decided that humans were rational beings.
Who are the Greeks?
300
This man's use of introspection led to psychology's use of the scientific method
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
300
psychologist who studies topics such as sensation, perception, and learning in controlled laboratory environments.
What is an experimental psychologist?
300
The branch of psychology that emphasizes that perception is more than the sum of its parts.
What is gestalt psychology?
400
A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior.
What is a psychoanalyst?
400
The behavioral psychologist most famous for his experiments in classical conditioning using dogs and a tuning fork.
Who is Ivan Pavlov
400
The pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake
What is basic science?
400
psychologist who helps people deal with emotional disturbances
What is a clinical psychologist?
400
An assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research.
What is a hypothesis?
500
A psychologist who studies the effects that physical and chemical changes have on bahavior.
What is a psychobiologist?
500
regarded as the most influential psychological organization in the world
American Psychological Association (APA)
500
discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals.
What is applied science?
500
psychologist who studies physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes over a lifetime.
What is a developmental psychologist?
500
level of education or degree required in order to become a psychiatrist.