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| 64056928 | psychology | scientific study of behavior and the mind | |
| 64056929 | pseudopsychology | fake, phony psychology masquerading as the real thing. (astrology, graphology) | |
| 64056930 | experimental psychology | specialization in which the primary activity is conducting research | |
| 64056931 | applied psychology | branch that uses what scientific colleagues have learned in order to treat problems | |
| 64056932 | psychiatry | branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; physicians who may provide medical (ex. drug) treatments | |
| 64059433 | clinical psychologist | trained to deal with serious mental illness; they do psychological testing, psychotherapy, and conduct research | |
| 64059434 | counseling psychologist | psychologist who helps people with day to day types of problems (test anxiety, family conflicts, low job motivation) | |
| 64059435 | developmental psychologist | studies physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes that occur over a lifetime | |
| 64059436 | educational psychologist | focuses on how effective teaching and learning take place | |
| 64059437 | industrial/organizational psychologists | uses psychological concepts to improve the work place for all workers | |
| 64059438 | structuralism | early perspective; used introspection to explore the structure of the human mind; Wundt and Titchener | |
| 64059439 | functionalism | early perspective; how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play; William James | |
| 64065698 | gestalt psychology | studies how people perceive and experience objects as whole patterns | |
| 64066583 | introspection | examination of one's own thoughts and feelings | |
| 64066584 | biological perspective | perspective the explains human thought and behavior as the result of biological processes (genes, hormones, and neurotransmitters) | |
| 64094943 | cognitive perspective | examines the nature of the mind and how thinking influence behavior | |
| 65019590 | psychodynamic perspective | emphasizes importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and inter-personal relationships | |
| 65019591 | humanistic perspective | emphasizes that all individuals strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior | |
| 65019592 | behavioral perspective | emphasizes how we learn through rewards, punishments, and observations | |
| 65019593 | sociocultural perspective | emphasizes social and cultural influences (ethnicity, gender, culture, socioeconomics) in behavior and personality | |
| 65019932 | evolutionary perspective | emphasizes the value of behavior in helping us to survive; examines the adaptive nature of thoughts and behaviors | |
| 65023084 | trait perspective | Emphasizes the description and measurment of specific personality differences among individuals. | |
| 65023085 | wilhelm wundt | father of psychology, opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879, structuralism; introspection, basic units of experience | |
| 65023086 | william James | functionalism, studied how humans use perception to function in our environment;wrote an influential psychology textbook | |
| 65023087 | max wertheimer | Gestalt Psychologist; tried to examine a person's total experience rather than an accumulation of various perceptual experiences | |
| 68625638 | edward bradford titchener | Student of Wundt; Structuralist; used introspection to search for the mind's structural elements | |
| 68625639 | mary whiton calkins | research on memory, personality, and dreams; first woman president of the American Psychological Association | |
| 68625640 | sigmund freud | work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis | |
| 68625641 | john b watson | founded behaviorism - only look at observable behavior | |
| 68625642 | b.f. skinner | behaviorism; created operant chamber- released rewards and proved operant conditioning | |
| 103221756 | margaret floy washburn | American psychologist,studied animal behavior; first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology |
