AP REVIEW: UNIT I Flashcards
Empiricism
The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation
Structuralism
Early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Functionalism
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
Experimental Psychology
The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method
Behaviorism The view that psychology should be and objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Behaviorism
The view that psychology should be and objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Humanistic Psychology
A historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people
Cognitive Neuroscience
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition
Psychology
The science of behavior and mental processes
Nature-Nurture Issue
The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
Natural Selection
The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
Levels of Analysis
The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
Biopsychosocial Approach
An integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
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 (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes
Cognitive Psychology
The scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
