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Introduction to Psychology

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show The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.  
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show studies the inheritance of traits related to behavior.  
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Behavioral Neuroscience   show
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Clinical Psychology   show
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show unites the areas of bio-psychology and clinical psychology, focusing on the relationship between biological factors and psychological disorders.  
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Cognitive Psychology   show
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show focuses primarily on educational, social, and career adjustment problems.  
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show investigates the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups.  
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show examines how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death.  
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Educational Psychology   show
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Environmental Psychology   show
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Evolutionary Psychology   show
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Experimental Psychology   show
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show focuses on legal issues, such as determining the accuracy of witness memories.  
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show explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease.  
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show is concerned with the psychology of the workplace.  
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Personality Psychology   show
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Program Evaluation   show
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show focuses on issues such as discrimination against women and the causes of violence against women.  
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School Psychology   show
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Social Psychology   show
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show applies psychology to athletic activity and exercise.  
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PhD (doctor of philosophy)   show
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show is obtained by psychologists who wish to focus on the treatment of psychological disorders.  
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show Master's Degree  
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show Bachelor's Degree  
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show focuses on uncovering the fundamental mental components of consciousness, thinking, and other kinds of mental states and activities.  
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show A procedure used to study the structure of the mind in which subjects are asked to describe in detail what they are experiencing when they are expose to a stimulus.  
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William James' Functionalism   show
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show An approach to psychology that focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" sense rather than on the individual elements of perception.  
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show The approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, the nervous system, and other biological functions.  
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Pychodynamic Perspectives   show
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Behavioral Perspectives   show
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show The approach that focuses on how people thing, understand, and know about the world.  
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show The approach that suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior.  
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Free Will   show
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Determinism   show
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