Module 2 - AP Psychology Flashcards

14736974710	Nature vs. Nurture	name for a controversy in which it is debated whether genetics or environment is responsible for driving behavior	0
14736978900	Natural Selection	a process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits	1
14737008724	Charles Darwin	- English natural scientist - formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection	2
14737013840	Biopsychosocial Approach	integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis	3
14737078782	Behavioral Approach	An approach to psychology emphasizing the scientific study of observable behavioral responses prompted by the environment	4
14737229805	Biological Approach	- how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences - how genes combine with environment to influence individual differences	5
14737236319	Cognitive Approach	how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information	6
14737238910	Evolutionary Approach	how the natural selection of traits promoted the survival of genes	7
14737241332	Humanistic Approach	how we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self-fulfillment	8
14737246051	Psychodynamic Approach	how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts	9
14737282599	Social-Cultural Approach	how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures	10
14737286308	Cognitive Psychology	the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating	11
14737289172	Evolutionary Psychology	the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection	12
14737292958	Psychodynamic Psychology	studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders	13
14737297901	Social Psychology	the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another	14
14737309550	Social-Cultural Psychology	the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking	15
14737315420	Psychometric Psychology	the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits	16
14737317324	Basic Research	pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base	17
14737320921	Developmental Psychology	studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span	18
14737323482	Educational Psychology	the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning	19
14737327041	Applied Research	scientific study that aims to solve practical problems	20
14737330733	Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychology	the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in the workplace	21
14737335907	Human Factors Psychology	subfield of i/o of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use	22
14737349090	Counseling Psychology	branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being	23
14737351094	Clinical Psychology	a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders	24
14737354754	Psychiatry	pysicians provide medical treatments/sometimes give psychologicial therapy	25
14737364712	Positive Psychology	study of human functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive	26
14737366816	Community Psychology	studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups	27