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| Cognitive | Concerning mental processes "internal messages" |
| Eclectic | Making your own system by borrowing from two or more other ones |
| Applied Psychology | This type of psychology deals directly with clients; it makes use of the findings of research pyschologists |
| Research Psychology | The study of the origin, cause, or results of certain behaviors |
| Charles Darwin | Believed studying animals helped us understand humans. |
| Psychology | The scientific study of human & animal behavior |
| Theory | General framework for scientific study; smaller aspects can be tested |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician who believed brain abnormalities changed behavior. |
| Introspection | The process of looking into yourself & describing what is there |
| Behaviorists | Those who believe we are the product of associations |
| Neurobiological Approach | Viewing behavior as the result of biology plus nerve cells |
| Psychoanalytical Approach | The approach that views behavior as a reflection of unconscious aggressive & sexual impulses |
| B.F. Skinner | He believed that we are mechanically controlled by the environment; one of the most famous, recent behaviorist; he disliked philosophy focused on what could not be seen |
| Wilhelm Wundt | The "Father of Psychology"; he started the first lab for studying humans |
| John Watson | American behaviorist who conditoned Little Albert to fear a white rat; he is associated w/ behaviorism |
| Carl Rogers | Famous humanistic psychologist; he saw people as worthwhile creatures w/ free will & choice; he thought that every human had the potential to become great in his or her own way |
| Nature | Refers to HEREDITY when talking about how we gain certain characteristics |
| Nurture | Refers to ENVIRONMENT when talking about how we gain certain characteristics |
| Humanistic Approach | Believing that people are basically good & capable of helping themselves |
| Sociocultural Approach | Behavior viewed as strongly influenced by the rules & expectations of specific social groups or cultures |
| A.P.A. | The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States |
| Personality | A person's broad, long-lasting patterns of behavior. |
| Psychodynamic Model | Freud's theory of personality |
| Fixation | Freudian term for problematic adult behavior caused by unfulfilled childhood stages. |
| Id | Component of Feud's personality based on pleasure principle. |
| Super-ego | Freud's personality concept representing an over-active conscience |
| Ego | Freud's personality component that mediates between Id & Super-ego |
| Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital | Freud's stages of childhood |
| Electra complex | Little girls desire for a penis and the love of their daddyduring Phallic Stage |
| Oedipus complex | Little boys love for their mother and desire to destroy their father during Phallic Stage |
