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Psychology
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The discipline concerned w/ behavior & mental processes & how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, & external environment.
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Empirical
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Relying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement.
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Functionalism
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An early psychological approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.
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Psychoanalysis
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A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy, originally formulated by Sigmund Freud, which emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.
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Biological Perspective
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A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.
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Learning Perspective
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A psych approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a person's or animal's actions.
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Cognitive Perspective
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A psych approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.
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Sociocultural Perspective
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A psych approach that emphasizes social and cultural influences on behavior.
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Psychodynamic/Psychoanalysis
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A psych approach that emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy.
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Applied Psychology
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The study of psych issues that have direct practical significance; also, the application of psych findings.
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Basic/Research Psychology
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The study of psych issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application.
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Psychotherapist
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Someone who does any kind of psychotherapy.
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Psychoanalyst
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A person who practices one certain form of therapy.
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Psychiatrist
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A medical doctor (M.D.) who has done a three-year residency is psychiatry to learn to diagnose and treat mental disorders.
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Critical Thinking
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The ability and willingness to assess claims and make objective judgments on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence, rather than emotion.
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