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Chapter 1 | PSYC - Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Class: PSYC - Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: Loyola University New Orleans; Term: Forever 1989;

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2010/2011

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TERM 1
Psychology
DEFINITION 1
science seeking to understand behavior and mental
processes and to apply that understanding in the service of
human welfare; science that covers a lot of territory
TERM 2
Biological psychology
DEFINITION 2
high-tech scanning devices and other methods are used to
study biological processes in the brain and other organs
affect, and are affected by, behavior and mental processes;
brain research and how it affects behavior
TERM 3
Developmental psychology
DEFINITION 3
the changes in behavior and mental processes that occurs
from birth through old age and try to understand the causes
and effects of those changes
TERM 4
Cognitive psychology
DEFINITION 4
study of mental abilities such as sensation and perception,
learning and memory thinking, consciousness, intelligence,
and creativity, and other aspects oh human
TERM 5
Clinical psychology and counseling
psychology
DEFINITION 5
access, understand, and change abnormal behavior
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Psychology

science seeking to understand behavior and mental processes and to apply that understanding in the service of human welfare; science that covers a lot of territory TERM 2

Biological psychology

DEFINITION 2 high-tech scanning devices and other methods are used to study biological processes in the brain and other organs affect, and are affected by, behavior and mental processes; brain research and how it affects behavior TERM 3

Developmental psychology

DEFINITION 3 the changes in behavior and mental processes that occurs from birth through old age and try to understand the causes and effects of those changes TERM 4

Cognitive psychology

DEFINITION 4 study of mental abilities such as sensation and perception, learning and memory thinking, consciousness, intelligence, and creativity, and other aspects oh human TERM 5

Clinical psychology and counseling

psychology

DEFINITION 5 access, understand, and change abnormal behavior

Health psychology

study of effects of behavior and mental processes on health and illness, and vice versa TERM 7

Educational psychology

DEFINITION 7 study of methods by which instructors teach and students learn and who apply their results to improving those methods TERM 8

School psychology

DEFINITION 8 test IQs, diagnose students academic problems, and set up programs to improve students achievement TERM 9

Social psychologists

DEFINITION 9 psychologists who study how people influence one anothers behavior and mental processes, individually and in groups TERM 10

Industrial/Organizational psychology

DEFINITION 10 study ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and satisfaction among workers and the organizations that employ them

Wilhelm Wundt

founded structuralism; introspection; began transformation from the philosophy of mental processes to the science of mental processes; quality and intensity are two essential elements of an sensation TERM 17

Edward Titchener

DEFINITION 17 another structuralist, Wundts student; added clearness as an element of sensation TERM 18

Introspection

DEFINITION 18 technique used to get to content of consciousness TERM 19

Gestalt psychologists

DEFINITION 19 how we visually see the world (visual perception); two images in one picture TERM 20

Functionalism

DEFINITION 20 how and why the mind works; how images, sensations, memories, and other mental events that make up our flowing stream of consciousness function to help us adapt to our environment

William James

physician; thought to be father of American psychology; founded psychology labin Harvard University TERM 22

G. Stanley Hall

DEFINITION 22 initially structuralist, first American to receive doctorate in psychology; founderof APA; first established psychology lab in Maryland (John Hopkins University) TERM 23

Psychoanalysis

DEFINITION 23 all behavior is motivated by psychological processes, especially by mental conflicts that occur without our awareness, at an unconscious level TERM 24

Sigmund Freud

DEFINITION 24 M.D. in Austria; dream analysis; psychoanalytic approach; explored theunconscious; TERM 25

Behaviorism

DEFINITION 25 took over American psychology for years

Psychodynamic Approach

view developed by Freud that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious mental processes in determining human thought, feelings, and behavior TERM 32

Behavioral Approach

DEFINITION 32 founded by John Watson, emphasizing that human behavior is determined mainly by what a person has learned, especially from rewards and punishments TERM 33

Cognitive Approach

DEFINITION 33 a way of looking at human behavior that emphasizes research on how the brain takes in information, creates perceptions, forms and retrieves memories, processes information, and generates integrated patterns of action TERM 34

Humanistic Approach

DEFINITION 34 views behavior as controlled by the decisions that people makes about their lives based on their perceptions of the world TERM 35

Eclectic Approach

DEFINITION 35 mixture: cog./beh., bio./cog