AP Psychology Unit 1 Flashcards

7262572763	Empiricism	The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should rely on observation and experimentation	0
7262572764	Structuralism	School promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind	1
7262572765	Functionalism	school promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable organisms to adapt, survive, and flourish	2
7262572766	Experimental Psychology	The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method	3
7262572767	Behaviorism	view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental process	4
7262572768	Humanistic Psychology	perspective that emphasized the growth of potentially healthy people	5
7262572769	Cognitive Neuroscience	study of brain activity linked with cognition (perception, thinking, memory, and language)	6
7262572776	Biological Psychology	the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes	7
7262572777	Cognitive Psychology	the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating	8
7262572778	Evolutionary Psychology	the study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection	9
7262572779	Psychodynamic Psychology	a branch that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that info to treat people with psychological disorders	10
7262572780	Social-Cultural Psychology	the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking	11
7262572783	Developmental Psychology	studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span	12
7262572784	Educational Psychology	studies how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning	13
7262572788	Organizational Psychology	application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces	14
7262572789	Human Factors Psychology	an I/O subfield that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe	15
7262572796	SQ3R study method	survey, question, read, retrieve, and review	16