Psychology's History and Approaches. All credit to Myer's Psychology for AP
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| 748030599 | Empiricism | The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experience. | |
| 748030602 | Structuralism | Emphasizes the study of the human mind, alone. An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind. | |
| 748030604 | Functionalism | A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function- and how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish. | |
| 748030606 | Experimental Psychology | The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method. | |
| 748030608 | Behaviorism | The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies only behaviors without reference to mental processes. Many modern scientists believe that this is valid as long as the second half is removed from the school. | |
| 748030610 | Humanistic Psychology | A historically-significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for growth. | |
| 748030611 | Cognitive Neuroscience | The interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition (including thinking, memory, and language). | |
| 748030613 | Psychology | The science of behavior and mental processes. | |
| 748030615 | Nature vs. Nurture | The longstanding argument over the relative contributions that genes and experience make toward the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees development as a phenomenon rising from the combination of nature and nurture. | |
| 748030617 | Natural Selection | The theory that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival are the most likely to be passed on. | |
| 748030619 | Levels of Analysis | The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomena. | |
| 748030621 | Biopsychosocial Approach | An integrated approach that incorporates biological, social-cutural, and psychological levels of analysis. | |
| 748030622 | Biological Psychology | A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior. | |
| 748030624 | Evolutionary Psychology | The study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the theory of natural selection | |
| 748030625 | Psychodynamic Perspective | A branch of psychology that studies how internal conflicts and unconscious drives influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders. | |
| 748030626 | Behavioral Psychology | The scientific study of observable behavior and its explanation by the principles of learning. | |
| 748030627 | Cognitive Psychology | The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. | |
| 748030628 | Social-Cultural Psychology | The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking. | |
| 748030629 | Psychometrics | The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits. | |
| 748030630 | Basic Research | Pure knowledge that seeks to increase the scientific knowledge base. | |
| 748030631 | Developmental Psychology | A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout a lifetime. | |
| 748030632 | Educational Psychology | The study of how psychological processes can affect and enhance teaching and learning. | |
| 748030633 | Personality Psychology | The study of an individual's unique pattern of thinking, acting, and feeling. | |
| 748030634 | Social Psychology | The study of how we think about, relate to, and influence one another . | |
| 748030635 | Applied Research | Research that aims to solve practical problems. | |
| 748030636 | Industrial-Organizational Psychology | The application of psychological concepts to optimize human behavior in the workplace. | |
| 748030637 | 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. | |
| 748030638 | Counseling Psychology | A branch of psychology that focuses on helping those experiencing life problems and in achieving greater wellbeing | |
| 748608743 | Clinical Psychology | A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. | |
| 748608744 | Psychiatry | A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders: practiced by physicians who often give medical treatments as well as psychological therapy. | |
| 748608745 | SQ3R | A study method incorporating five steps Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review | |
| 748624412 | Hermann von Helmholtz | This man demonstrated through research that our mental processes could be studied with the same scientific methods used in other areas of science. |
