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Critical Thinking
Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
Empiricism
The idea that what we know comes from experience, and that observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge.
Structuralism
An early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
Introspection
The process of looking inward in an attempt to directly observe one’s own psychological processes.
Functionalism
School of thought promoted by William James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Behaviorism
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Humanistic Psychology
Historically significant perspective, emphasized human growth potential.
Cognitive Psychology
The study of mental processes that occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate, and solve problems.
Cognitive Neuroscience
The interdisciplinary study of the brain actively linked with the cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language).
Psychology
The science of behavior and mental processes.
Nature-Nurture Issue
The long-standing controversy over the relative contributions, that jeans and experience, make it to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today is sciences Tracy behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture.
Natural Selection
The principle that inherited traits, the better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with other trait variations) most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
Evolutionary Psychology
The study of the evolution of behavior in the mine, using principles of natural selection.
Behavior Genetics
The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior.
Culture
The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and tradition is shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
Positive Psychology
The scientific study of human flourishing with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues, that help individuals and communities to thrive.
Biopsychosocial Approach
An integrated approach that incorporates, biological, psychological, and social cultural viewpoints to offer a more complete picture of any given behavior or mental process.
Behavioral Psychology
The scientific study of observable behavior, 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 behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders.
Social-Cultural Psychology
The study of how situation some cultures affect our behavior and thinking.
Testing Effect
Enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information.
SQ3R
I study method incorporating five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review.
Psychometrics
The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits.
Basic Research
Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.
Developmental Psychology
A branch of psychology, that studies, physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan.
Educational Psychology
The study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning.
Personality Psychology
The study of individuals characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting.
Social Psychology
The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.
Applied Research
Scientific study of the aims to solve practical problems.
Industrial- Organizational Psychology
The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior and workplaces.
Human Factors Psychology
A field of psychology allied with I/O psychology that explores how people and machines interact, and how machines and physical environment can be made safe and easy to use.
Counseling Psychology
A branch of psychology that assists people with problems and living and in achieving greater well-being.
Clinical Psychology
A branch of psychology, that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders.
Psychiatry
A branch of medicine, dealing with psychological disorders; practice by physicians, who are license to provide medical treatments, as well as psychological therapy.
Community Psychology
A branch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups.