AP Psychology Unit 1 Flashcards
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| 7191720263 | Psychology | Science of behavior and mental processes. | 0 | |
| 7191725042 | Empiricism | The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should rely on observation and experimentation. | 1 | |
| 7191725043 | Structuralism | Early school of thought studied by Wundt and Titchener;introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind. | 2 | |
| 7191725044 | Functionalism | Early school of thought studied by James; influenced by Darwin; mental and behavioral processes function and how they enable an organism | 3 | |
| 7191725603 | Experimental Psychology | Study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method | 4 | |
| 7191725926 | Behaviorism | View that psychology should be objective and study behavior without reference to mental processes. | 5 | |
| 7191725927 | Humanistic Psychology | Perspective that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people. | 6 | |
| 7191725928 | Cognitive Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with cognition. | 7 | |
| 7191727010 | Nature-Nurture Issue | Controversy over the contribution of genes and experience to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. | 8 | |
| 7191727011 | Natural Selection | Principle that within the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. | 9 | |
| 7191727012 | Levels of Analysis | Differing complementary views from biological to psychological to social-cultural for analyzing any phenomenon. | 10 | |
| 7191727859 | Biopsychosocial Approach | Integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and social-cultural levels of analysis. | 11 | |
| 7191729058 | Behavioral Psychology | Scientific study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning. | 12 | |
| 7191729059 | Biological Psychology | Scientific study of links between biological and psychological processes. | 13 | |
| 7191729410 | Cognitive Psychology | Scientific study of all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating. | 14 | |
| 7191729411 | Evolutionary Psychology | Study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection. | 15 | |
| 7191729412 | Psychodynamic Psychology | A branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders. | 16 | |
| 7191730853 | Social-Cultural Psychology | Study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking. | 17 | |
| 7191730854 | Psychometrics | Scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes and traits. | 18 | |
| 7191730857 | Basic Research | Pure science that aims to increase hte scientific knowledge base. | 19 | |
| 7191731755 | Developmental Psychology | Branch that studies physical, cognitive and social change throughout the life span. | 20 | |
| 7191731756 | Educational Psychology | Study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning. | 21 | |
| 7191731757 | Personality Psychology | Study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting. | 22 | |
| 7191731762 | Social Psychology | Study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another. | 23 | |
| 7191732767 | Applied Research | Study that aims to solve practical problems. | 24 | |
| 7191733233 | Industrial-Organizational Psychology | Application of psychological concepts and methods to optimize human behavior at work. | 25 | |
| 7191733833 | Human Factors Psychology | An I/O psychology subfield that explores how people and machine interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use. | 26 | |
| 7191733834 | Counseling Psychology | A branch that assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well being. | 27 | |
| 7191733835 | Clinical Psychology | A branch that studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders. | 28 | |
| 7191734099 | Psychiatry | Branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians. | 29 | |
| 7191734100 | Positive Psychology | Study of human functioning with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive. | 30 | |
| 7191734101 | Community Psychology | Branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups. | 31 | |
| 7191734102 | Testing Effect | Enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading information. | 32 | |
| 7191734853 | SQ3R | Study method: Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review. | 33 | |
| 7191734854 | Wilhelm Wundt | Founder of psychology | 34 | |
| 7191734855 | G. Stanley Hall | Founded the first US psychology laboratory | 35 | |
| 7191735191 | William James | Famous teacher/psychologist who identified as a functionalist. | 36 | |
| 7191735192 | Mary Whiton Calkins | First female president of the APa | 37 | |
| 7191735193 | Margaret Floy Washburn | First female to receive a PHD in psychology. Known for animal behavior research. | 38 | |
| 7191735876 | Sigmund Freud | Theorist who focused on emotional responses to childhood experiences and our unconscious thought processes impacting our behavior. | 39 | |
| 7191735877 | John B. Watson | Redefined psychology as the study of observable behavior; behavior is learned through conditioning; Little Albert experiment. | 40 | |
| 7191735878 | BF Skinner | Behavior theorist who focused on conditioning. | 41 | |
| 7191737207 | Carl Rogers | Theorist who focused on current environmental influences and how they nurture or limit our growth potential. | 42 | |
| 7191737208 | Ivan Pavlov | Pioneered the study of learning. | 43 | |
| 7191737209 | Jean Piaget | Most influential observer of children. | 44 | |
| 7191737210 | Charles Darwin | Natural selection founder. | 45 | |
| 7191738966 | Dorothea Dix | Helped find the first treatments for those with psychological disorders. | 46 |