Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Behavioral psychology

Answer 1

Conditioning create behaviors and actions

Question 2

Biological psychology

Answer 2

Biological aspects of psychology

Question 3

Cognitive psychology

Answer 3

How the brain works and thinks

Question 4

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 4

Natural selection produced mental traits

Question 5

Functionalism

Answer 5

All aspects serve a function

Question 6

Humanistic psychology

Answer 6

The study of a person as a whole. Behavior is connected to inner feelings and self image

Question 7

Gestalt psychology

Answer 7

Mind sees overall image

Question 8

Introspection

Answer 8

Look to self for answers (Wilhelm Wundt)

Question 9

Psychology

Answer 9

Science of the mind

Question 10

Socio cultural psychology

Answer 10

Social + cultural factors = behavior

Question 11

Structuralism

Answer 11

Structures make up a whole

Question 12

Psychodynamic/psychoanalysis

Answer 12

Psychological forces make behaviors

Question 13

Empiricism

Answer 13

Knowledge is from senses

Question 14

Biopsychosocial approach

Answer 14

Attributes disease outcome to interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors

Question 15

Nature vs. nurture

Answer 15

Debate between experiences and biology

Question 16

Psychologist

Answer 16

Doctor who studies mental processes

Question 17

Psychiatrists

Answer 17

Diagnosing doctors of psych