Myers' Psychology for AP (Second Edition) Unit 1

Applied research - answer-scientific study that aims to solve practical problems Aristotle - answer-Believed in tabula rasa Basic research - answer-pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base Behavioral psychology - answer-the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning Behaviorism - answer-the view that psychology should 1. Be an objective science that 2. Studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research scientists agree with 1 but not 2 Biological psychology - answer-the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes Biopsychosocial approach - answer-an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow - answer-led the humanistic psychologists, said Freudian psychology was too limiting, instead believed in focusing on ways that current environmental influences can nurture or limit our growth potential, and to the importance of having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied Charles Darwin - answer-proposed natural selection, led to developments in evolutionary psychology Clinical psychology - answer-a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders Cognitive neuroscience - answer-the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition(including perception, thinking, memory, and language) Cognitive psychology - answer-the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating Community psychology - answer-a branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups Counseling psychology - answer-a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living and in achieving greater well-being Developmental psychology - answer-the branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span Dorothea Dix - answer-involved in humane treatment of those with psychological disorders Educational psychology - answer-the scientific study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning Empiricism - answer-the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation Evolutionary psychology - answer-the scientific study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection Experimental psychology - answer-the study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method Functionalism - answer-early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function-- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish G. Stanle