This is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is Psychology?
100
These make up the largest group of psychologists. They help people with problems such as anxiety or depression.
What are Clinical Psychologists?
100
He suggested we can learn much about ourselves by carefully examining our thoughts or feelings
Who is Socrates?
100
This perspective emphasizes the influence of biology on our behavior.
What is the Biological Perspective?
100
This school of Psychology emphasizes wholes and believe that perceptions are more than the sums of their parts
What is Gestalt Psychology?
200
This is any action that other people can observe or measure
What is Behavior?
200
These psychologists help students who have problems that interfere with learning. Typical problems include peer group and family problems, psychological problems and learning disorders
What is a School Psychologist?
200
He founded a field of experimental Psychology that came to be known as structuralism. He wanted to discover the basic elements of consciousness. He also established a lab to study behavior.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
200
This perspective was based on the theories of Darwin. It suggests that many behaviors are based on heredity
What is the Evolutionary Perspective?
200
This Harvard Psychologist was a behaviorist who introduced the concept of reinforcement. When rewarded for performing an action, an animal was more likely to repeat it
Who is B. F. Skinner?
300
These are mental processes such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories
What are Cognitive Activities?
300
These psychologists study the changes that occur throughout a person's life span. These changes include physical, emotional, cognitive and social
What is a Developmental Psychologist?
300
He wrote the first Psychology book. He focused on the relationships between experiences and behavior. He was also one of the founders of functionalism.
Who is William James?
300
This perspective stresses the human capacity for self-fulfillment and the importance of consciousness, self-awareness, and the capacity to make choices. It views people as basically good.
What is the Humanistic Perspective?
300
These psychologists identify characteristics or traits in a person such as shyness or friendliness. They look for the many different traits people have and study the development of these traits
What are Personality Psychologists?
400
These are things that psychologists use to talk about something we can't see, touch, or measure directly
What are Psychological Constructs?
400
These psychologists focus on people and work. They are employed by business firms to improve working conditions and increase worker output
What are Industrial or Organizational Psychologists?
400
He was the founder of behaviorism. He defined psychology as the scientific study of human behavior
Who is John B. Watson?
400
This perspective emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior
What is the Cognitive Perspective?
400
They study the ways in which behavior and mental processes are related to physical health. They study the effects of stress on health problems such as headaches and heart disease
What are Health Psychologists?
500
A statement that attempts to explain why things are the way they are and happen the way they do
What is a Theory?
500
These psychologists look at the external influences that influence people's behavior in group situations
What are Social Psychologists?
500
He was one of the most famous early psychologists. He founded psychoanalysis which emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts
Who is Sigmund Freud?
500
This perspective studies the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status on behavior and mental processes
What is the Sociocultural Perspective?
500
These psychologists work within the criminal justice system. They testify about the psychological competence of defendants and they may explain how psychological problems give rise to criminal behavior