Week 1 AP Vocabulary

Question 1

Empiricism

Answer 1

The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation.

Question 2

Humanistic Psychology

Answer 2

Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individuals potential for personal growth.

Question 3

Evolutionary Psychology

Answer 3

The study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection.

Question 4

Experimental Psychology

Answer 4

The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method.

Question 5

Biological Psychology

Answer 5

A field in which the mind-body connection is explored through scientific research and clinical practice.

Question 6

Social-Cultural Psychology

Answer 6

The study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking.

Question 7

Personality Psychology

Answer 7

The study of an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

Question 8

Developmental Psychology

Answer 8

A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

Question 9

Psychiatry

Answer 9

A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders

Question 10

SQ3R

Answer 10

A study method incorporating 5 steps Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review.

Question 11

Natural Selection

Answer 11

The principle that among the rang of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed to succeeding generations.