Psychology: Chapter 1 Vocabulary

The process of axamining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities

Early perspective in psychology associated with William Wundt, and Edward Titchener, in which the focus of study is the structure of basic elements of the mind.

Early persepctive in psychology associated with William James, in which the focus of study is how the mind allows people to adapt, live, worl, and play.

Early perspective in psychology focusing on perception and sensation, particularyly the perception of patterns and wole figures.

The theory and therapy based on the work of Sigmund Freud

The science of behavior that focuses oon observable behavior only

Mondern version of psychoanalysis that is more focused on the development of a sense of self and the discovery of other motivations behind a person's behavior than sexual motivations

Modern perspective that focuses on memorym, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning

Study of the physical chanhes in the brain and nervous system during thinking

Perspective that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and culture

Perspective that focuses on the biological cases of universal mental characteristsics that all humans share

A social worker with some training in therapy method who focuses on the enviromental conditionas that can have an impact on mental disorders, such as poverty, overcrowding, stress and drug abuse.

Repetition of a study or experiment to see if the same results will be obtained in an effort to demonstrate reliability of reasearch

Tendancy of people or animals to behave differently from normal when they know they are bing observed

Tendency of observer to see what they expect to see