Psychology; Chapter 1
The psychology that studies how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death.
Developmental
an early approach to psychology that focused on what the mind does and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments
Functionalism
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" applies to what branch of psychology
Gestalt
This psychology studied how people consider individual elements together as units or wholes
Gestalt
An approach to psychology that focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a whole sense rather than on the individual elements or perception
Gestalt psychology
This subfield of psychology is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others.
Social Psychology
Focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of consciousness, thinking, and other kinds of mental states and activities
Structuralism
Wundt's approach
Structuralism
determinism
The idea that people's behavior is produced primarily by factors outside of their willful control
Talking on a cell phone impairs people's driving about as much as if they were -----
legally drunk
the approach based on the view that behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control
psychodynamic perspective
Dr. Heeza has a PhD in psychology. He specializes in treating people with psychological disorders using....
psychotherapy only
The rapidly growing area of psychology that seeks to understand how we might inherit certain behavioral traits and how environment influences whether we actually display such traits is...
Behavioral Genetics
This psychology seeks to understand how we might inherit certain behavior traits and how the environment influences whether we actually display such traits
Behavioral Genetics
The subfield of psychology that mainly examines how the brain, nervous system, and the other biological processes determine behavior
Behavioral Neuroscience
This explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments to disease.
Clinical Neuropsychology
This person focuses on higher mental processes such as thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and decision making. What type of psychologist is this person?
Cognitive
This psychology considers how behavior is influenced b our genetic inheritance of our ancestors
Evolutionary
The subfield of psychology that studies the process of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world
Experimental
An early approach to psychology that concentrated on what the mind does, the functions of mental activity, and the role of behavior allowing people to adapt to their environments
Functionalism
A procedure used to study the structure of the mind in which subjects are asked to describe in detail what they are experiencing when exposed to stimulus.
Introspection
psychologists use the scientific method to find answers that are far more valid than those resulting from -and-.
Intuition and speculation
Was one of the first psychologists to focus on child development and on women's issues
Leta Hollingsworth
---- was the first woman to recieve a doctorate in psychology and did important work on animal behavior
Margaret Floy Washburn
----- studied memory in the early 20th century and became the first female president of the American Psychological Association
Mary Calkins
This branch of psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and traits that differentiate one person from another.
Personality
This is a research degree that requires a dissertation based on original investigations
PhD
This was a popular practice in the 18th century where it was thought that everything could be told about a person from the shape and number of bumps on the skull
Phrenology
This is obtained by psychologists who wish to focus on the treatment of psychological disorders
PsyD
What degree is obtained by psychologists who wish to focus on treatment of psychological disorders?
PsyD
Physicians who specialize in the treatment of psychological disorders
Psychiatrists
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
Chipping a hole in a patient's skull to allow evil spirits to escape from the person's body is
Trephining
The formal beginning of psychology as a scientific discipline is generally considered to have occurred, when?
When Wihelm Wundt established the first experimental laboratory devoted to psychological phenomena
Psychology is the scientific study of - and -
behavior, mental processes
Much of our understanding of how people learn new behaviors is based on the ----- perspective.
behavioral
the approach that suggests that observable, measurable behavior should be the focus of study
behavioral perspective
The approach that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world
cognitive perspective
Psychologists try to -,-,and -
describe, predict, explain
Seven thousand years ago, people assumed that psychological problems were caused by
evil spirits
The idea that behavior is caused primarily by choices that are made freely by the individual
free will
A humanistic psychologist is most likely to take an extreme rather than a combination position on what psycho issue?
free will vs. determinism
Dr Gator is trying to discover how fear prepares subjects to deal with unexpected loud noises in a dark room in which they are sitting. This makes Dr. Gator a ----
functionalist
The approach that suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior
humanistic perspective
what are two things psychologists consider eyewitness testimonies to be
inaccurate, biased
A procedure in which people were presented with a stimulus and asked to describe, in as much detail as possible, what they were experiancing
introspection
The ---- perspective considers how heredity may influence behavior and how the brain and the nervous system affect behavior
neuroscience
The approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, nervous system, and other biological functions
neuroscience perspective
Dr. Wantsta studies how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others making her a ---- psychologist.
social
The most common areas of employment for psychology majors are in the ...
social sciences
Wundt's perspective
structuralism
Most psychologists today are found in-----
the United States
Today the vast majority of psychologists in the United States are - and -.
white, female
