Unit 1

Positive psychology

Positive psychology

________ is the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goal of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities thrive.

Psychometrics

________ is the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes and traits.

SQ3R

________ is a study method incorporating five steps.

Culture

________ is the enduring behaviours, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

Todays science

________ sees traits and behaviours arising from the interaction of nature and nurture.

Sigmund Freud

________ coined Psychoanalytic psychology.

Psychology

________ is known as the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context or the science of behaviour and mental processes.

Tabula Rasa

________ is a blank slate.

Structuralism

________ is an early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener, it used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.

Edward Bradford Titchener

________ joined the Cornell University faculty and introduced structuralism.

Critical thinking

________ is known as the scientific attitude that prepares us to think smarter and harder.

Natural selection

________ is the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.

Biopsychosocial approach

________- an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social- cultural viewpoints.

Evolutionary psychology

________ is the study of the evolution of behaviour and the mind, using principles of natural selection.

Cognitive psychology

________ is the study of mental processes such as occur when perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate and solve problems.

Cognitive neuroscience

________ is the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition.

Developmental psychology

________ is a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan.

Behavioural psychology

________- the scientific study of observable behaviour, and its explanation by principles of learning.

nature nurture issue

The ________ is the longstanding controversy over the relative contribution that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviours.

Wilhelm Wundt

created the first psychological laboratory, staffed by Wundt and psychologys first graduate students

Behaviour genetics

the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behaviour

Biopsychosocial approach

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints

Behavioural psychology

the scientific study of observable behaviour, and its explanation by principles of learning

Biological psychology

the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes

Psychodynamic psychology

a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behaviour and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

Social-culture psychology

the study of how situations and cultures affect our behaviour and thinking