Vocabulary Activity 1-1// Guided Reading Activity 1-2
Te scientific study of behavior and mental processes is called
psychology
A(n) ___ is a complex explanation based on findings from many scientific studies
theory
Counseling psychologists who help people with problems of everyday life view psychology as a(n)
Basic Science
Ivan Pavlov was a pioneer in __ psychology
Behavioral
Anger is a(n) ___ behavior
Cognitive
Psychologists who focus on how information is processed, stored, retrieved, ad used are known as __
Cognitivists
A group of German psychologists proposed that perception is a whole patter, or a
Gestalt
PET scans and CT scans are modern tools used by __
Psychobioligists
__ disagreed with the concept of __
Rene Descartes, Dualism
Studies that gather information in ways hat try to avoid errors and biases use the
Scientific Method
Sigmund Freud was primarily interested in the __ mind
Unconscious
Experimental psychologists who conduct scientific studies practice
basic science
Sociocultural studies the influence of __ and cultural similarities and differences on behavior
ethnic
William James was a __ who proposed that all activities of the mind have the basic purpose of allowing us to survive as a species.
functionalist
Wilhelm Wundt developed a method of self-observation known as __
Introspection
In the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. the __ came to the conclusion that people were __.
Greeks, rational
Sir Francis Galton studied the influence of __ on human abilities and behavior
Heredity
__ describe human nature as evolving and self-directed.
Humanists
An assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research is a(n)
Hypothesis
During the Renaissance, scientists began to use __ to confirm their theories.
Observation
Hunger is a(n) ___ need
Physiological