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| 196743244 | psychology | the study of the mind and behavior | |
| 196743245 | behaviorism | view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. we learn off our environments "rewards and punishments" | |
| 196743246 | physiological perspective | perspective that deals with observing the biological actions of animals and humans and how it affects their behavior | |
| 196743247 | psychoanalysis | Freud's theory of personality and therapeutic technique that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts | |
| 196743248 | natural selection | principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations | |
| 196743249 | structuralism | idea that consciousness can be broken up into basic elements | |
| 196743250 | developmental psychology | branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span | |
| 196743251 | psychodynamic perspective | perspective of psychology dealing with how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. associated with Freud | |
| 196743252 | William James | functionalist who worked at Johns Hopkins and is known as the father of American psychology | |
| 196743253 | functionalism | school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function, how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish | |
| 196743254 | evolutionary psychology | psychological theory focused on how the natural selection of traits promotes the perpetuation of one's genes | |
| 196743255 | gestalt psychology | psychology that emphasizes our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes | |
| 196743256 | social-cognitive theory | theory that views behavior as influenced by the interaction between persons (and their thinking) and their social context | |
| 196743257 | Sigmund Freud | Austrian physician who developed an influential theory of personality and psychoanalysis | |
| 196743258 | behavior therapy | therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors | |
| 196743259 | sociocultural perspective | perspective of psychology that deals with how behavior and thinking varies across situations and cultures | |
| 196743260 | humanistic psychology | perspective that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth - believes that people are free to direct their own destinies | |
| 196743261 | cognitive perspective | perspective of psychology dealing with how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information | |
| 196743262 | Wilhelm Wundt | father of psychology and structuralism who opened the first psychology lab in Germany | |
| 198551541 | Hippocrates | Greek father of medicine who loved to take drugs | |
| 198551542 | Monism | belief that the mind and body areone | |
| 198551543 | Dualism | belief that the mind and body are separate entities | |
| 198551544 | Gall | first man to "study" psychology with phrenology | |
| 198551545 | Tears | thing that was believed to be the basic structure of sadness | |
| 198551546 | Titchner | student of Wundt who invented introspection | |
| 198551547 | clinical psychologist | psychotherapist who helps people overcome major psychological problems such as schizophrenia and bipolarism *do not describe medicine | |
| 198551548 | psychiatrist | psychotherapist who functions like a clinical psychologist but can prescribe medicine because they have an MD (medical degree) | |
| 198551549 | counseling psychologist | psychotherapist that identifies minor problems such as divorce by using tests and interviews | |
| 198551550 | school psychologist | psychotherapist that identifies students who have learning disabilities by observing them in a classroom setting and by testing their achievement | |
| 198551551 | educational psychologist | psychotherapist that bolster student development by trying to improve the overall learning environment | |
| 198551552 | developmental psychologist | psychotherapist that studies the changes that occur throughout a lifespan, especially those of a physical, emotional, and social nature | |
| 198551553 | social psychologist | psychotherapist that studies the behaviors, attitudes, and external influences of the individual and why they act certain ways in social situations *creepers* | |
| 198551554 | industrial psychologist | psychotherapist that focuses on how people work, they examine organizations, develop tests, assist in hiring and firing, and improve work conditions *make a business run smoothly* | |
| 198551555 | consumer psychologist | psychotherapist that studies the behavior of consumers to create effective ads and use marketing strategies by predicting consumer behavior *make the most money* | |
| 198551556 | forensic psychologist | psychotherapist that works within the criminal justice system, explains how certain kinds of psychological problems give rise to criminal behavior and help police officers with therapy and stress | |
| 198551557 | health psychologist | psychotherapist that studies the effects of mind conditions, emotions, and aid bodily improvement through better choices | |
| 198551558 | Watson, Pavlov, Skinner | these psychologists are associated with the behaviorist school of thought | |
| 198551559 | Ellis, Piaget | these psychologists are associated with the cognitive perspective | |
| 198551560 | Maslow, Rogers | these psychologists are associated with the humanist perspective | |
| 198551561 | Darwin, Buss | these psychologists are associated with the evolutionary school of thought | |
| 198551562 | Asch | this psychologist is associated with the sociocultural perspective | |
| 198551563 | Stanley Hall | first president of the APA |
