Evolution of Psychology
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| 109417077 | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | A disorder in which the immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | 109417077 | |
| 109417078 | Applied psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems. | 109417078 | |
| 109417079 | Argument | One or more premises used to provide support for a conclusion. | 109417079 | |
| 109417080 | Attitudes | Orientations that locate objects of thought on dimensions of judgment. | 109417080 | |
| 109417081 | Behavior | Any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. | 109417081 | |
| 109417082 | Behavior modification | A systematic approach to changing behavior through the application of the principles of conditioning. | 109417082 | |
| 109417083 | Behaviorism | A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior. | 109417083 | |
| 109417084 | Clinical psychologists | Psychologists who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problems. | 109417084 | |
| 109417085 | Clinical psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. | 109417085 | |
| 109417086 | Cognition | The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge. | 109417086 | |
| 109417087 | Critical thinking | The use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desired outcome. | 109417087 | |
| 109417088 | Culture | The widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations. | 109417088 | |
| 109417089 | Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) | Sending a weak electric current into a brain structure to stimulate (activate) it. | 109417089 | |
| 109417090 | Empiricism | The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation. | 109417090 | |
| 109417091 | Ethnocentrism | The tendency to view one's own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways. | 109417091 | |
| 109417092 | Evolutionary psychology | Theoretical perspective that examines behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations. | 109417092 | |
| 109417093 | Functionalism | A school of psychology based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. | 109417093 | |
| 109417094 | Genes | DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission. | 109417094 | |
| 109417095 | Gestalt psychology | A theoretical orientation based on the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. | 109417095 | |
| 109417096 | Humanism | A theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and their potential for personal growth. | 109417096 | |
| 109417097 | Industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychological principles to the workplace. | 109417097 | |
| 109417098 | Introspection | Careful, systematic observation of one's own conscious experience. | 109417098 | |
| 109417099 | Natural selection | Principle stating that heritable characteristics that provide a survival reproductive advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus come to be "selected" over time. | 109417099 | |
| 109417100 | Person perception | The process of forming impressions of others. | 109417100 | |
| 109417101 | Psychiatrists | Physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. | 109417101 | |
| 109417102 | Psychiatry | A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. | 109417102 | |
| 109417103 | Psychoanalysis | An insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association and transference. | 109417103 | |
| 109417104 | Psychoanalytic theory | A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior. | 109417104 | |
| 109417105 | Psychological test | A standardized measure of a sample of a person's behavior. | 109417105 | |
| 109417106 | Psychology | The science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems. | 109417106 | |
| 109417107 | Self-concept | A collection of beliefs about one's own nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior. | 109417107 | |
| 109417108 | Social psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others. | 109417108 | |
| 109417109 | SQ3R | A study system designed to promote effective reading by means of five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review. | 109417109 | |
| 109417110 | Structuralism | A school of psychology based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and to investigate how these elements are related. | 109417110 | |
| 109417111 | Subliminal perception | The registration of sensory input without conscious awareness. | 109417111 | |
| 109417112 | Testwiseness | The ability to use the characteristics and format of a cognitive test to maximize one's score. | 109417112 | |
| 109417113 | Theory | A system of interrelated ideas that is used to explain a set of observations. | 109417113 |
