Deliberate looking into one's own cognitive process to examine one's own thoughts and feelings
the school of psychology that argues that the mind consists of three basic elements— sensations, feelings, and images— that combine to form experience
the school of psychology that emphasizes the uses or functions of the mind rather than the elements of experience
Wilhelm Wundt, the founder of structuralism, attempted to break down conscious experience into sensations such as sight and taste, emotions, and mental imagery. Founded 1st psychology lab in 1879
the science that studies behavior and mental processes. The human mind
Founder of Functionalism, wrote the first modern psychology textbook in 1890. He wrote, “I wished, by treating Psychology like a natural science, to help her become one.”
the school of psychology that defines psychology as the study of observable behavior and studies relationships between stimuli and responses
a stimulus that follows a response and increases the frequency of the response
the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into wholes and to integrate separate stimuli into meaningful patterns
the founder of psychoanalysis, is the often the first person that comes to mind when people are asked to name a psychologist
the school of psychology that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior
the approach to psychology that seeks to understand the nature of the links between biological processes and structures such as the functioning of the brain, the endocrine system, and heredity, on the one hand, and behavior and mental processes, on the other
having to do with mental processes such as sensation and perception, memory, intelligence, language, thought, and problem solving
stresses the human capacity for self- fulfillment and the central roles of consciousness, self- awareness, and decision making. Humanists believe that self-awareness, experience, and choice permit us, to a large extent, to “invent ourselves” and our ways of relating to the world as we progress through life
our sense of being in the world. Present awareness
a school of psychology in the behaviorist tradition that includes cognitive factors in the explanation and prediction of behavior; formerly termed social learning theory
an organized way of using experience and testing ideas to expand and refine knowledge
in psychology, a specific statement about behavior or mental processes that is tested through research
a set of hypothesized statements about the relationships among events
research conducted without concern for immediate applications
research conducted in an effort to find solutions to particular problems
a way of evaluating the claims and comments of other people that involves skepticism and examination of evidence
anassociationor relationship among variables, as we might find between height and weight, or between study habits and school grades
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
observable and measurable actions of people and animals
private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving
theoretical entities, or concepts, that enable one to discuss something that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly
a set of assumptions about why something is the way it is and happens the way it does
research that is conducted for its own sake, that is, without seeking a solution to a specific problem
an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
a learned connection between two ideas or events
the school of psychology, founded by Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings
the school of psychology, founded by William James, that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes
the school of psychology, founded by John Watson, that defines psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior
the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions into meaningful wholes
the school of psychology, founded by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior
the theory that most of what fills an individual's mind is unconscious and consists of conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes
the psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of biology on behavior
the psychological perspective that focuses on the evolution of behavior and mental processes
the viewpoint that emphasizes the role of thought processes in determining behavior
the psychological view that assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the freedom to make choices
psychoanalytical perspective
the perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior
the theory that suggests that people have the ability to change their environments or to create new ones