Psychology 111 - chaPter 1 exam with
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Functionalism ✔✔ Based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or
purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure.
Structuralism ✔✔ Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness
into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related.
Introspection ✔✔ The careful, systematic self-observation of one's own conscious experience.
Developmental Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Looks at human development
across the life-span, from adolescence, to adulthood, through old age.
Social Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Focuses on interpersonal behavior and the
role of social forces in governing behavior.
Educational Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Studies how people learn and the
best ways to teach them.
Health Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Focuses on how psychological factors
relate to the promotion and maintenance of physical health and the causation, prevention, and
treatment of illness.
Physiological Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Examines the influence of genetic
factors on behavior and the role of the brain, nervous system, endocrine system, and bodily
chemicals in the regulation of behavior.
, Experimental Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Encompasses the traditional core
of topics that psychology focused on heavily in its first half-century as a science: Sensation,
Perception, Learning, Conditioning, Motivation, and Emotion.
Cognitive Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Focuses on "higher" mental processes
such as memory, reasoning, information processing, language, problem solving, decision-
making, and creativity.
Psychometrics (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Concerned with the measurement of
behavior and capacities, usually through the development of psychological tests. Also
concerned with the development of new techniques for statistical analysis.
Personality Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Interested in describing and
understanding individuals' consistency in behavior, which represents their personality.
Counseling Psychology (Area of Professional Specialty) ✔✔ Overlaps with clinical psychology.
Different clientele: Provides assistance to people struggling with everyday problems of
moderate severity.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology ✔✔ Encompasses a wide variety of tasks in the world of
business and industry relating to the general psychological well-being and efficiency of the
workplace environment.
School Psychology (Area of Professional Specialty) ✔✔ Strives to promote the cognitive,
emotional, and social development of children in schools.
Clinical Neuropsyc
hology (Area of Professional Specialty) ✔✔ Involves the assessment and treatment of people
who suffer from Central Nervous System dysfunctions due to head trauma, dementia, stroke,
seizure disorders, etc.
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Functionalism ✔✔ Based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or
purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure.
Structuralism ✔✔ Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness
into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related.
Introspection ✔✔ The careful, systematic self-observation of one's own conscious experience.
Developmental Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Looks at human development
across the life-span, from adolescence, to adulthood, through old age.
Social Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Focuses on interpersonal behavior and the
role of social forces in governing behavior.
Educational Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Studies how people learn and the
best ways to teach them.
Health Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Focuses on how psychological factors
relate to the promotion and maintenance of physical health and the causation, prevention, and
treatment of illness.
Physiological Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Examines the influence of genetic
factors on behavior and the role of the brain, nervous system, endocrine system, and bodily
chemicals in the regulation of behavior.
, Experimental Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Encompasses the traditional core
of topics that psychology focused on heavily in its first half-century as a science: Sensation,
Perception, Learning, Conditioning, Motivation, and Emotion.
Cognitive Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Focuses on "higher" mental processes
such as memory, reasoning, information processing, language, problem solving, decision-
making, and creativity.
Psychometrics (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Concerned with the measurement of
behavior and capacities, usually through the development of psychological tests. Also
concerned with the development of new techniques for statistical analysis.
Personality Psychology (Area of Research Psychology) ✔✔ Interested in describing and
understanding individuals' consistency in behavior, which represents their personality.
Counseling Psychology (Area of Professional Specialty) ✔✔ Overlaps with clinical psychology.
Different clientele: Provides assistance to people struggling with everyday problems of
moderate severity.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology ✔✔ Encompasses a wide variety of tasks in the world of
business and industry relating to the general psychological well-being and efficiency of the
workplace environment.
School Psychology (Area of Professional Specialty) ✔✔ Strives to promote the cognitive,
emotional, and social development of children in schools.
Clinical Neuropsyc
hology (Area of Professional Specialty) ✔✔ Involves the assessment and treatment of people
who suffer from Central Nervous System dysfunctions due to head trauma, dementia, stroke,
seizure disorders, etc.
