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| 12303944379 | applied research | research undertaken to solve a specific problem | 0 | |
| 12303962145 | Aristotle | A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato | 1 | |
| 12303972687 | basic research | pure research that aims to confirm an existing theory or to learn more about a concept or phenomenon | 2 | |
| 12303989330 | Behaviral approach | the human behavior is learned | 3 | |
| 12303999939 | Behaviorism | the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2). | 4 | |
| 12304008934 | Biological Approach | an approach to psychology focusing on the body, especially the brain and nervous system | 5 | |
| 12304013188 | biopscyhosocial approach | Three systems (domains) that are continuously interacting and impacting the individual. Physical functioning, mental process, and culture of the society. | 6 | |
| 12304020219 | clinical psychology | a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders | 7 | |
| 12304035566 | Cognitive Approach | An approach to psychology emphasizing the mental processes involved in knowing: how we direct our attention, perceive, remember, think, and solve problems. | 8 | |
| 12304040721 | cognitive neuroscience | the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) | 9 | |
| 12304043918 | counseling psychology | a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being | 10 | |
| 12304053284 | covert | hidden; undercover | 11 | |
| 12304057060 | developmental psychology | a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span | 12 | |
| 12304060975 | educational psychology | the study of how students learn, the effectiveness of particular teaching techniques, the social psychology of schools, and the psychology of teaching | 13 | |
| 12304069699 | Edward Tichner | Structuralism | 14 | |
| 12304083693 | Empiricism | the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation | 15 | |
| 12304090050 | Evolutionary Approach | An approach to psychology centered on evolutionary ideas such as adaptation, reproduction, and natural selection as the basis for explaining specific human behaviors. | 16 | |
| 12304097948 | experimental psychology | studies the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world | 17 | |
| 12304101035 | Functionalism | A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish. | 18 | |
| 12304108205 | Gestalt | an organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes. | 19 | |
| 12304112927 | hindsight bias | the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it | 20 | |
| 12304118776 | human factors psychology | a branch of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use | 21 | |
| 12304128895 | humanistic approach | An approach to psychology emphasizing a person's positive qualities, the capacity for positive growth, and the freedom to choose any destiny. | 22 | |
| 12304143634 | humanistic psychology | historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth | 23 | |
| 12304151182 | industrial-organizational psychology | the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces | 24 | |
| 12304154996 | Introspection | A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings | 25 | |
| 12304162755 | levels of analysis | the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon | 26 | |
| 12304171465 | Margret Floy Washburn | first woman to receive a psychology Ph.D and the second to become APA president | 27 | |
| 12304175357 | Mary Calkins (1863-1930) | First female APA president | 28 | |
| 12304183165 | Max Wertheimer | Gestalt psychologist who argued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures | 29 | |
| 12304187091 | Naturalselection | the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and teproduce more successfully | 30 | |
| 12304197701 | nature-nurture issue | the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture | 31 | |
| 12304200284 | objective | unbiased; not subjective | 32 | |
| 12304203959 | Overconfidence | the tendency to be more confident than correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments. | 33 | |
| 12304207646 | overt | (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 34 | |
| 12304221306 | personality psychology | the study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting | 35 | |
| 12304221307 | Plato | (430-347 BCE) Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection. | 36 | |
| 12304227392 | psychiatry | a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy | 37 | |
| 12304241049 | Psychoanalytic Approach | psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior | 38 | |
| 12304250815 | Psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes | 39 | |
| 12304255027 | Psychometrics | the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits | 40 | |
| 12304260025 | Rene Descartes | 17th century French philosopher; wrote Discourse on Method; 1st principle "i think therefore i am"; believed mind and matter were completly seperate; known as father of modern rationalism | 41 | |
| 12304268855 | social-cultural approach | how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures | 42 | |
| 12304274594 | social psychology | the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another | 43 | |
| 12304274595 | Socrates | (470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes. | 44 | |
| 12304279420 | Structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind | 45 | |
| 12304283332 | subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions | 46 | |
| 12304292590 | William James | founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment | 47 | |
| 12304296758 | William Wundt (1832-1920) | Founded the first psychology laboratory in 1879 at the university of leipzig | 48 |
