Introduction and history of psychology
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| 5474496144 | psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |  | 0 |
| 5474496145 | empirical approach | a study conducted via careful observations and scientifically based research | 1 | |
| 5474496146 | pseudo-psychology | Erroneous assertions or practices set forth as being scientific psychology |  | 2 |
| 5474496147 | confirmation bias | the tendency to attend to evidence that complements and confirms our beliefs or expectations, while ignoring evidence that does not |  | 3 |
| 5474496148 | experimental psychologists | psychologists who apply experimental methods to the study of behavior (AKA research psychologists) |  | 4 |
| 5474496149 | teachers of psychology | psychologists whose primary job is teaching, typically in high schools, colleges, and universities | 5 | |
| 5474496150 | applied psychologists | psychologists who use the knowledge developed by experimental psychologists to solve human problems |  | 6 |
| 5474496151 | 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 |  | 7 |
| 5474496152 | structuralism | an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind (founded by Wundt) | 8 | |
| 5474496153 | introspection | a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings |  | 9 |
| 5474496154 | functionalism | William James's school of psychological thought that stressed the adaptive and survival value of behaviors (i.e. their functions) | 10 | |
| 5474496155 | Gestalt psychology | a psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts |  | 11 |
| 5474496156 | behaviorism | the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes | 12 | |
| 5474496157 | psychoanalysis | Freud's theory of personality and therapeutic technique that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. Freud believed the patient's free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences—and the therapist's interpretations of them—released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight. |  | 13 |
| 5474496158 | biological view | the psychological perspective that searches for the causes of behavior in the functioning of genes, the brain, nervous system, and the endoctrine system (hormones) | 14 | |
| 5474496159 | neuroscience | study of the brain and nervous system; overlaps with psycho-biology |  | 15 |
| 5474496160 | evolutionary psychology | the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection |  | 16 |
| 5474496161 | developmental view | the psychological perspective emphasizing changes that occur across the lifespan | 17 | |
| 5474496162 | cognitive view | the psychological perspective emphasizing mental processes, such as learning, memory, perception, and thinking, as forms of information processing | 18 | |
| 5474496163 | cognitions | mental processes, such as thinking, memory, sensation, and perception |  | 19 |
| 5474496164 | cognitive neuroscience | the branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena | 20 | |
| 5474496165 | clinical view | the psychological perscetive emphasizing mental health and mental illness | 21 | |
| 5474496166 | psycho-dynamic psychology | A branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders |  | 22 |
| 5474496167 | humanistic psychology | a clinical psychological viewpoint emphasizing human ability, growth, potential, and free will |  | 23 |
| 5474496168 | behavioral view | a psychological perspective that finds the source of our actions in environmental stimuli, rather than in inner mental processes | 24 | |
| 5474496169 | sociocultural view | a psychological perspective emphasizing the importance of social interaction, social learning, and a cultural perspective |  | 25 |
| 5474496170 | trait view | a psychological perspective that views behavior and personality as the products of enduring psychological characteristics | 26 | |
| 5474496171 | evolutionary/sociobiological view | examine individual behavior through the lens of natural selection, looks at behavior as both adaptive and hereditary | 27 |
