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Psychology
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The science of behavior and mental processes
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Experimental Psychologist
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Psychologist who do research on basic psychological processes
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Teachers of Psychology
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Psychologists whose primary job is teaching
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Applied Psychologist
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Psychologist who use the knowledge developed by experimental psychologist to solve human problems
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Psychiatry
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A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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Psedo-Psychology
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Erroneous assertions or practices set forth as being scientific psuchology
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Anecdotal Evidence
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First hand accounts that vividly describe the experiences of one or a few people, but may errroneously be assumed to be scientific evidence
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Emotional Bias
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The tendency to make judgements based on attitudes and feeling, rather than on the basis of a rational analysis of the evidence
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Confirmation Bias
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The tendency to attend to evidence that complements and confirms our beliefs or expectations, while ignoring evidence that does not
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Biological Perspective
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The psychological perspective that searches for the causes of behavior in the functioning of genes,the brain and nervous system, and the endocrine system
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Neuroscience
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The field devoted to understanding how the brain creates thoughts, feelings,motives, consciousness, memories, and other mental processes
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Evolutionary Psychology
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A relatively new specialty in psychology that sees behavior and mental processes in terms of their genetic adaptations for survival and reproduction
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Introspection
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The process of reporting on one's own conscious mental experiences
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Structuralism
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Basic stucture to make up the CONSCIOUS mind and thought
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Functionalism
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The belief that mental processes could be best understood in terms of their adaptive purpose and function
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