What is Psychology? (Crossword Puzzle)

Sigmund Freud

Founded psychoanalysis

Wilhelm Wundt

Founded structuralism and is the first modern psychologist

psychoanalytic perspective

the perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior

Functionalism

the school of psychology, founded by William James, that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes

B.F. Skinner

Investigated positive and negative reinforcement for learned behavior

Introspection

examination of one's own thoughts and feelings

John B. Watson

founder of behaviorism

sociocultural perspective

in psychology, the perspective that focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in personality formation, behavior, and mental processes

Behavior

observable and measurable actions of people and animals

cognitive activity

private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving

basic research

research that is conducted for its own sake, that is, without seeking a solution to a specific problem

Biological Perspective

the psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior

learning perspective

the psychological point of view that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior

Gestalt Psychology

the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes

Psychoanalysis

the school of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior

Structuralism

the school of psychology, founded by Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings

Psychology

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

William James

The psychologist who wrote the first modern book of psychology, the principles of psychology in 1890

Behaviorism

The school of psychology, founded by John b Watson, that defines psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior.