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| physiological | having to do with an organism's physical processes |
| cognitive | having to do with an organism's thinking and understanding |
| psychology | the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research |
| hypothesis | an assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research |
| theory | a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study |
| basic science | the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake |
| applied science | discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals |
| scientific method | general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized |
| structuralist | a psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences |
| introspection | a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings |
| functionalist | a psychologist who studied the function of consciousness |
| psychoanalyst | a psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior |
| behaviorists | a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify behavior based on their response to events in the environment |
| humanist | a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth |
| cognitivist | a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve and use information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior |
| psychobiologist | a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior |
| psychologist | a scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals |
| clinical psychologist | a psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances |
| counseling psychologist | a psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of living |
| psychiatry | a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders |
| developmental psychyologist | a psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures |
| educational psychologist | a psychologist who is concerned with helping students learn |
| community psychologist | a psychologist who may work in a mental health or social welfare agency |
| industrial/organizational psychologist | a psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers |
| environmental psychologist | work in business settings or within the government to study the effects of the environment on people |
| Forensic psychologists | work in legal, court, and correctional systems |
| Health psychologists | study the interaction between physical and psychological health factors. |
| experimental psychologists | a psychologist who studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions |
| Wilhelm Wundt | I am credited with setting up the first psychology laboratory in Germany. I also used a method called introspection. Who Am I? |
| phrenology | the practice of examining bumps on a person's skull to determine that person's intellect and character traits |
| dualism | the concept that the mind and body are separate and distinct |
| William James | I was known as the "Father of Psychology" |
| Sir Francis Galton | I was the psychologist who wanted to know how heredity influences a person's abilities, character, and behavior. My method of study was biographies |
| Gestalt Psychology | Perception is more than the sum of its parts- it involves a whole pattern. Studied how sensations are assembled into perceptual experiences. |
| Sigmund Freud | Psychoanalytic that was interested in the unconscious mind |
| Sigmund Freud | Used a technique known as free association |
| Sir Francis Galton | Developed the personality tests and intelligence tests |
| Ivan Pavlov | Behaviorist that conditioned the dog to associate sound with food |
| B.F. Skinner | behaviorist who introduced the concept of reinforcement |
| B.F. Skinner | I wrote the novel Walden Two, about a small town Utopia, which conditioning through rewarding behavior that is desirable. |
| Abraham Maslow | Humanist that believed each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth. |
| Carl Rogers | Humanist that described human nature as evolving and self-directed. |
| Rollo May | Humanist Psychologist |
| Jean Piaget | Cognitive Psychologist |
