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