AP Psych Introspection
geitait psychology
"the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
Psychology
The science of behavior and mental processes
cognitive psychology
The study of how people think, learn, and remember.
Functionalism
a school of psychology that focused on behaivor mental and behaivoral process functions. how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Scientific Method
a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
Behaviorism
a theory that argues that behavior follows stimuli in a relatively unthinking manner. the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behaivor without refernce to mental procedures. influenced by the environment.
population
all the cases in a group, from which samples may be drawn for a study
introspection
examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
Structuralism
school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind. "describing an apple by its parts"
evolutionary psychology
the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection