7190509969 | Psychology | The scientific study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
7190509970 | Empirical Approach | A study conducted via careful observations and scientifically based research | 1 | |
7190509971 | Pseudo psychology | Erroneous assertions or practices set forth as being scientific psychology | 2 | |
7190509972 | Confirmation Bias | The tendency to attend to evidence that complements and confirms our beliefs or expectations, while ignoring evidence that does not | 3 | |
7190509973 | Experimental Psychologists | Psychologist who do research on basic psychological processes | 4 | |
7190509974 | Teachers of Psychology | Psychologist whose primary job is teaching typically in high schools, colleges, and universities | 5 | |
7190509975 | Applied Psychologists | Psychologists who use the knowledge developed by experimental psychologists to solve human problems | 6 | |
7190509976 | Psychiatry | A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | 7 | |
7190509977 | Structuralism | A historical school of psychology devoted to uncovering the basic structures that make up mind and thought | 8 | |
7190509978 | Introspection | The process of reporting on one's own conscious mental experiences | 9 | |
7190509979 | Functionalism | A historical school of psychology that believed mental processes could best be understood in terms of their adaptive purpose and function | 10 | |
7190509980 | Gestalt Psychology | A historical school of psychology that sought to understand how the brain works by studying perception and perceptual learning | 11 | |
7190509981 | Behaviorism | A historical school that sought to make psychology an objective science focused only on behavior | 12 | |
7190509982 | Psychoanalysis | An approach to psychology based on Sigmund Freud's assertions, which emphasize unconscious processes | 13 | |
7190509983 | Biological View | The psychological perspective that searches for the cause of behavior in the functioning genes, the brain and nervous system and the endocrine system | 14 | |
7190509984 | Neuroscience | The field devoted to understanding how the brain creates thought, feelings, motives, consciousness, memories, and other mental processes | 15 | |
7190509985 | Evolutionary Psychology | A relatively new specialty in psychology that sees behavior and metal processes in terms of their genetic adaptions for survival and reproduction | 16 | |
7190509986 | Developmental View | The psychological emphasizing changes that occur across the lifespan | 17 | |
7190509987 | Cognitive View | The psychological perspective emphasizing mental processes | 18 | |
7190509988 | Cognitions | Mental processes such as thinking, memory, sensation, and perception | 19 | |
7190509989 | Cognitive neuroscience | An interdisciplinary field emphasizing brain activity as information processing | 20 | |
7190509990 | Clinical View | The psychological perspective emphasizing mental health and mental illness | 21 | |
7190509991 | Psychodynamic psychology | A clinical viewpoint emphasizing the understanding of mental disorders in terms of unconscious needs, desires, memories, and conflicts | 22 | |
7190509992 | Humanistic psychology | A clinical viewpoint emphasizing human ability, growth, potential, and free will | 23 | |
7190509993 | Behavioral view | A psychological perspective that finds the source of our actions in environmental stimuli, rather than in mental processes | 24 | |
7190509994 | Sociocultural view | A psychological perspective emphasizing the importance of social interaction, social learning, and a cultural perspective | 25 | |
7190509995 | Culture | A complex blend of language, beliefs, customs, values, and traditions developed by a group of people and shared with others in the same environment | 26 | |
7190509996 | Trait View | A psychological perspective that views behavior and personality as the products of enduring psychological characteristics | 27 |
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