Summer work Vocab

Structuralism

Early form of psychology that uses the consciousness that tries to analyze the elements of mental experiences

Empiricism

Psychology is a measurable science and uses experiments

Functionalism

The brain is a tool that allows us to adapt

Natural Selection

Any trait that helps us survive will also survive

Instincts / Innateness

uncontrollable impulses a person is born with

Nature

everything is influenced by our genes which we were born with

BioPsychoSocial

Biological, psychological, and social factors and how they interact to improve health care

Psychoanalysis

Freud’s idea which treats people using interactions between conscious and unconscious

Psychodynamic

Internal mental forces that a person can be unaware of but could have an affect on their behaviors

Classical Conditioning

The thing from the office two things being associated with each other that is uncontrollable

Operant Conditioning

Way of teaching that uses rewards and punishment

Social

Cognitive Perspective

Humanistic Perspective

Looks at the person as a whole that’s goal is to reach their full potential

Sensation

Knowing the existence of a stimuli

Perception

Understanding a stimuli

Nurture

we learn everything from life experiences