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Clinical Psychologists |
A psychologist who diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances |
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Developmental Psychologists |
A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span |
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Experimental Psychologists |
the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method |
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Counseling Psychologists |
A psychologist who usually helps people deal with problems of living |
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Personality Psychologists |
the study of an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting |
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Consumer Psychologists |
Study why people buy certain products and not others |
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School Psychologists |
help and support students and their ability to learn |
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Social Psychologists |
Study how the presence of others can effect one individuals behavioral thoughts |
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Forensic Psychologists |
* focuses on the relationship between the laws and psychology * applies psychological concepts to legal issues |
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Educational Psychologists |
the study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning |
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Psychology |
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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Behavior |
observable and measurable actions of people and animals |
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Introspection |
an examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings |
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Behaviorism |
the school of psychology, founded by John Watson, that defines psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior |
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Structuralism |
the school of psychology, founded by Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains the conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings |
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Reinforcement |
a stimulus or event that follows a response and increases the frequency of that response |
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Functionalism |
the school of psychology, founded by William James, that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes |
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Psychoanalysis |
the school of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives, and conflicts as determinants of human behavior |
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Cognitive Activity |
private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving |
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Survey |
a research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people, usually by asking questions of a representative, random sample |
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Biological Perspective |
the psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior |
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Psychoanalytic Perspective |
the perspective that stresses the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior |
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Evolutionary Perspective |
the theory focusing on the evolution of behavior and mental processes |
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Learning Perspective |
the psychological point of view that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior |
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Cognitive Perspective |
the viewpoint that emphasizes the role of thought processes in determining behavior |
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Socio-cultural Perspective |
in psychology, the perspective that focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in personality formation, behavior, and mental processes |
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Humanistic Perspective |
the psychological view that assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the freedom to make choices |
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Theory |
a set of assumptions about why something is the way it is and happens the way it does |
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