| A | B |
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| Psychiatrist | doctor of psychology who can prescribe medications |
| Cognitive processes | Our mental processes |
| Developmental psychologists | Study changes that occur during our life |
| Forensic psychologists | Work in criminal justice system |
| Functionalism | Historical approach of William James |
| William James | The Father of Psychology in America |
| Socrates | "Know thyself." Earliest psychologist |
| Industrial-organizational psychologists | Work in businesses on employee morale and help with life issues |
| What is psychology? | The scientific study of behavior and mental processes of animals and humans |
| John Watson | He said "Psychologists should only be concerned with observable behavior." |
| Introspection | Looking at our own thoughts and feelings |
| Structuralism | Approach of Wundt |
| Wilhelm Wundt | First psychology lab |
| School/educational psychologists | Work in schools with student and academic issues |
| Counseling psychologists | Help people with life problems and adjustment issues |
| Clinical psychologists | Treat people with psychological disorders such as depression |
| Most famous psychologist | Sigmund Freud |
| Psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic perspective | Freud's approach involves unconscious mind and childhood experiences |
| B.F. Skinner | Researched how we are shaped by reinforcement (rewards and punishments) |
| Biological perspective | Modern approach to psychology that looks at genes, heredity, medications |
| Cognitive perspective | Modern approach to psychology that looks at our mental processes |
| Humanistic perspective | Modern approach to psychology that says we can make free choices to become who we want to be |
| Learning/Behavioral perspective | Looks at how we are shaped by our environment, observing others and rewards and punishments |
| Sociocultural perspective | Looks at influence of culture and ethnicity on our minds and behaviors |
| Six steps in Scientific Method | Question, hypothesis, experiment (test hypothesis), analyze results (data), conclusions, replicate the study |
| Replicate study | Someone else does your exact research and gets the same results |
| Ethical research | Research where no one is harmed or deceived about what will happen to them |
