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What is Psychology

Chapter 1 Essentials of Psychology

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The Science of behavior and mental processes PSYCHOLOGY
Approach to knowledge based on systematic observation SCIENCE
Directly observable and measurable human actions BEHAVIOR
Private psychological activities that include thinking,perceiving, and feeling MENTAL PROCESSES
Tentative explanations of facts and relationships in sciences THEORIES
The process of looking inward at one's own consciousness INTROSPECTION
The nineteenth-century school of psychology that sought to determine the structure of the mind-through controlled introspection STRUCTURALISM
The school of thought based on the belief that human consciousness cannot be broken down into its elements GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
An organized or unified whole GESTALT
The perception of apparent movement between two stationary stimuli PHI PHENOMENON
The nineteenth-century school of psychology that emphasized the useful functions of consciousness FUNCTIONALISM
Mental processes of Perceiving,believing,thinking, remembering, knowing,deciding, and so on COGNITION
The viewpoint in psychology that emphasizes the importance of cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, and thinking COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
The school of psychology that emphasizes the process of learning and the measurement of overt behavior BEHAVIORISM
The viewpoint that the most important aspects of our behavior are learned from other persons in society-family,friends, and culture SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
All mental activity of which we are unaware UNCONSCIOUS MIND
Internal states or conditions that activate behavior and give it direction MOTIVES
The technique of helping persons with emotional problems based on Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious mind PSYCHOANALYSIS
The psychological view that human beings possess an innate tendency to improve and determine their lives by the decisions they make HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY
The Viewpoint in Psychology that focuses on the nervous system in explaining behavior and mental processes NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
The theory of psychology that states that it is necessary to understand one's culture,ethnic identity, and other sociocultural factors to fully understand a person SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
A group of persons who are descendants of a common group of ancestors ETHNIC GROUP
Each person's sense of belonging to a particular ethnic group ETHNIC IDENTITY
One's view of oneself as male or female GENDER IDENTITY
The perspective that promotes thinking of different cultures in relative terms rather than judgmental terms CULTURAL RELATIVITY
Psychologists who use knowledge of psychology to solve and prevent human problems APPLIED PSYCHOLOGISTS
Methods of gathering information based on systematic observation SCIENTIFIC METHODS
A research method that utilizes interviews and questionnaires with individuals in the community SURVEY METHOD
A research method based on recording behavior as it occurs in natural life settings NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
The method of studying people while they are receiving psychological help from psychologist CLINICAL METHOD
A research method that measures the strength of the relation between variables CORRELATIONAL METHOD
A factor whose numerical value can change VARIABLE
Capable of being measured in numerical terms QUANTITATIVE MEASURES
The variable whose quantitative value depends on the effects of the independent variable DEPENDENT VARIABLE
The variable whose quantitative value can be independently controlled by the researcher INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
The group in simple experiments that receives none of the independent variable and is used for comparisons with the treatment group CONTROL GROUP
The group in an experiment that receives some value of the independent variable EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
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