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| 14800692724 | psychology | the scientific study of individuals and their mental processes | 0 | |
| 14800692725 | scientific method | the set of procedures used for gathering and interpreting objective information in a way that minimizes error and yields dependable generalizations | 1 | |
| 14800704470 | behavior | the actions by which an organism adjusts to its environment | 2 | |
| 14800707001 | behavioral data | observational reports about the behavior of organisms and the conditions under which the behavior occurs or changes | 3 | |
| 14800722354 | macro level of analysis | global level (culture, environment, violence, personal space) | 4 | |
| 14800724751 | molecular level of analysis | visible with human eye (everyday stuff) | 5 | |
| 14800737120 | micro level | not visible (blood pressure) | 6 | |
| 14800754556 | objectively | collecting as exist/unbiased | 7 | |
| 14800803429 | subjectively | biased, prejudice | 8 | |
| 14800810729 | structuralism | the study of the structure of mind and behavior; the view that all the humans mental experience can be understood as a combination of simple elements or events | 9 | |
| 14800866629 | inrtrospection | individuals' systematic examination of their own thoughts or feelings | 10 | |
| 14800883693 | Gestalt psychology | A school of psychology that maintains that psychological phenomena can be understood only when viewed as organized, structured wholes, not when broken down into primitive perceptual elements. | 11 | |
| 14800890909 | functionalism | the perspective on mind and behavior that focuses on the examination of their functions in an organism's interactions with the environment | 12 | |
| 14805401048 | psychodynamic perspective | A psychological model in which behavior is explained in terms of past experiences and motivational forces; actions are viewed as stemming from inherited instincts, biological drives, and attempts to resolve conflicts between personal needs and social requirements. | 13 | |
| 14805417889 | behaviorist perspective | the psychological perspective primarily concerned with observable behavior that can be objectively recorded and with the relationships of observable behavior to environmental stimuli | 14 | |
| 14805421216 | behaviorism | a scientific approach that limits the study of psychology to measurable or observable behavior | 15 | |
| 14805434976 | humanistic perspective | a psychological model that emphasizes an individual's phenomenal world and inherent capacity for making rational choices and developing to maximum potential | 16 | |
| 14805443918 | cognitive perspective | The perspective on psychology that stresses human thought and the processes of knowing, such as attending, thinking, remembering, expecting, solving problems, fantasizing, and consciousness. | 17 | |
| 14805456948 | biological perspective | the approach to identifying causes of behavior that focuses on the functioning of the genes, the brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine system | 18 | |
| 14805474057 | behavioral neuroscience | a multidisciplinary field that attempts to understand the brain processes that underlie behavior | 19 | |
| 14805477297 | cognitive neuroscience | a multidisciplinary field that attempts to understand the brain processes that underlie higher cognitive functions in humans | 20 | |
| 14805479686 | evolutionary psychology | the approach to psychology that stresses the importance of behavioral and mental adaptiveness, based on the assumption that mental capabilities evolved over millions of years to serve particular adaptive purposes | 21 | |
| 14805498435 | sociocultural perspective | the psychological perspective that focuses on cross-cultural differences in the causes and consequences of behavior | 22 | |
| 14808851093 | Wilhelm Wundt | father of psychology, founded first formal laboratory devoted to experimental psychology | 23 | |
| 14808859313 | Edward Titchener | studied with Wilhelm Wundt, became one of the first psychologists in the US, founded laboratory at Cornell | 24 | |
| 14808864742 | William James | wrote Principles of Psychology, Harvard philosophy professor | 25 | |
| 14808873529 | Max Wertheimer | german psychologist who focused on the way in which the mind understands many experiences as gestalts (organized wholes) rather than as the sum of simple parts. | 26 | |
| 14808879394 | John Dewey | focused on functions of reflexes, which he described as "a continuously ordered sequence of acts, all adapted in themselves and in the objective end, the reproductive species the preservation of life, locomotion in a certain place" | 27 | |
| 14827354705 | Mary Whilton Calkins | Studied with William James at Harvard, worked in a lab on memory, first president of APA, didn't receive PhD because she's a woman | 28 | |
| 14827361837 | Margaret Floy Washburn | PhD from cornell, wrote the book "The Animal Mind", 2nd president of APA | 29 | |
| 14827363426 | Helen Thompson Wooley | studied sex differences (intelligence/emotions), nature over nurture | 30 | |
| 14827364685 | Leta Stetter Hollingworth | woman not inferior, worked with gifted and CD children | 31 | |
| 14827364686 | Sigmund Freud | studied mentally disturbed patients, believed behavior is motivated by inner forces, had no scientific support, psychodynamic. | 32 | |
| 14827364687 | John Watson | studied behaviorism | 33 | |
| 14827367176 | B.F. Skinner | behaviorist | 34 | |
| 14827367177 | Carl Rodgers | father of humanistic therapy (positive regard) | 35 | |
| 14827368817 | Abraham Maslow | self-actualization (humanism) | 36 | |
| 14827368818 | Noam Chomsky | cognitive, studied language | 37 | |
| 14827370303 | Jean Piaget | studied cognitive developmet | 38 | |
| 14827562260 | What is psychology? | the scientific study of behavior of individuals and mental processes | 39 | |
| 14827569143 | What are the goals of psychology? | 1. describe 2. explain 3. predict 4. influence | 40 | |
| 14827577514 | what year did Wilhem Wundt begin studying psychology? | 1897 | 41 | |
| 14827583154 | G. Stanley Hall | founded APA | 42 |
