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8024046142PsychologyScientific Study of Behavior and mental processes0
8024051759Naturegentetics1
8024053894NurtureThe enviroment one grows up in2
8024058565Stability VS Changesomething stays the same, vs something that changes over time3
8024088969Stages VS ContinuosDifferent life stages vs continuous stages throughout life4
8024098347Structuralism5
8024120629Introspectionwhen therapists let there patients talk.6
8024128815FunctionalismNot the structure of how were feeling but...7
8024133254Behavioralhow someone behaves based on how they are rewarded or not, learning8
8024135228William JamesThe father of Psychology, created the first psychology textbook9
8024140085Psych labWilliam Wundt, and edward titchner10
8056733036EvolutionaryWe have psychological traits to ensure the continuation of our species11
8056761702Psychoanalytic/dynamicunconscious mind12
8056776925HumanisticHow our environment affects growth, focuses on what it takes to be the best a person can be13
8056786587CognitiveThinking! focuses on how people think14
8056793674PiagetCame up with cognitive psychology15
8056818000Social/socioculturalThe environment we grew up in, so the school you go to, the people you hang out with16
8056844459GestaltLooking at one aspect of something is different than the sum of things. You need to put all of the pieces together for it to make sense.17
8056858114WertheimerCreator of gestalt.18
8056863805NeuroscienceAll of the feelings and behaviors come from your brain: body chemistry, hormones Example: stroke, diabetes, heart rate19
8056888803Biologicalgentics20
8056895153Skinner, Pavlov, and WatsonBehavioral psychology21
8056900671Freudcame up with psychoanalytic22
8056916070MaslowCame up with humanistic psychology23
8056929964Hierarchy of needsBottom: physiological needs - food water shelter etc. Second from Bottom: Safety needs Middle: belongingness and love needs Second from top: Esteem needs, feeling of accomplisment Top: Self Actualization, achieving one's full potential24
8056972372Stanley MilgramCame up with the milgram experiment25
8056983271GenieThe wild child26
8056989945Biopsychosocialconsiders influences from bio make up, your psychological make up, and your enviroment27
8057002108EclecticMixture of all of the schools of thought where psychologists pick which to use depending on the situation28
8057019164Rationalizationmaking an excuse for something29
8057022495ProjectionPutting your feelings onto someone else30
8057028294Freudian slipWhen someone means to say one thing but accidently says another31
8057035578Free associationResponding with the first thing that comes to mind32
8057047153Transferencethe feelings from the issue are transferred to the person your talking to33
8057060686SensationSenses, how we feel on the outside of our mind34
8057067195PerceptionWhat we feel on the inside of our mind, how we react inside our head35
8057078578sexPrivate parts36
8057078579Genderhow society sees you37
8057084746Systematic desensitizationstep by step process to desensitize38
8057112324Taste AversionBlue moon ice cream39
8057115108Aversion therepytraining the brain to not like or like something40
8058055554Client Centered Therapyfocuses on the person41
8058072206Active listneingvalidate, acknowledge, summarize, question42
8058086356Classical conditioning43
8058086357Defence mechanismWe protect ourselves from negative feelings44
8058106071Industrial psychologylooks at the things that make people feel comfortable45
8058111142Sports psychologymindset, anger issues within a sport, injury coping46
8058119868Forensic psychologyStudy crime scenes to find out what kind of person commited the crime47

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