Early Psychology
This is the pursuit of knowledge through basic research and long term experiments. (Research in the Lab)
Basic Science
This approach suggests that the most influential component on behavior for most humans is their environment.
Behavioral Approach
He gets credit for developing the process of Introspection.
Wilhelm Wundt
This is the most common form of psychologists, they deal with problems of everyday life.
Counseling Psychologists
Subjects in these studies are studied without being disturbed or removed from their natural habitat.
Naturalistic Observation
______ is a self observation and analysis process in which a person reflects on and analyzes their own mental experiences.
Introspection
Personal Growth
Reaching One's Full Potential
Abraham Maslow & Carl Rogers
Humanistic Approach
John Watson and _______ focus on one's environment and choice of obtaining rewards or escaping punishment.
B.F. Skinner
They study the impact of pollution, crime, overcrowding, stress producers.
Environmental Psychologists
This type of study may be conducted on the same people at regular intervals for over 50 years.
Longitudinal Study
He is often called the father of modern psychology due to the fact that he created the first lab to study human behavior.
Wilhelm Wundt
The focus is on processing, storing and retrieving information.
Cognitive Approach
Carl Rogers and _______ are considered to be leaders in the Humanistic Approach to psychology.
Abraham Maslow
These psychologists study the changes that occur with an individual as they mature.
Developmental Psychologists
This type of study involves social media history, diaries, intense interviews of the subject and their friends and family.
Case Study
This is a human's or animal's thinking, understanding and mental reasoning. (Simply processing, storing or retrieving information)
Cognitive
This approach focuses on issues from childhood and the attempt to deal with those issues in adulthood.
Psychoanalytic Approach
His work with animals and evolution led to many developments and experiments in the field of psychology.
Charles Darwin
They may be hired by a company to make workers more productive.
Industrial Psychologists
The belief that a researcher's strong expectations influence the behavior of subjects and may create a bias within the study.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The four goals of a psychological study are describe, explain, predict, and ___________.
Influence
This approach focuses on the fact that biology plays a major role in shaping behavior.
Biopsychological Approach
He believed that dreams reveal unconscious thoughts and he is the father of free association and psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud
They study the effects of drugs and other chemicals on the nervous systems within the body.
Psychobiologists
This is the part of an experiment that researchers believe will actually cause change within the subject within a study.
Independent Variable