Psychology Chapter 1

The discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment.

Relying on or derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement.

The now-discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read" from bumps on the skull

An early psychological approach tht emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.

A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy originally formulated by Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.

A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.

A field of psychology emphasizing evolutionary mechanisms that may help explain human commonalities in cognition, development, emotion, social practices, and other areas of behavior.

A psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a person's or animal's actions; it includes behaviorism and social-cognitive learning theories.

A psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.

A psychological approach that emphasizes social and cultural influences on behavior.

A psychological approach that emphasizes unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or the movement of instinctual energy.

The study of psychological issues in order to seek knowledge for its own sake rather than for its practical application

The study of psychological issues that have direct practical significance; also, the application of psychological findings.

The ability and willingness to assess claims and make objective judgments on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence rather than emotion or anecdote.

A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena; scientific hypotheses specify relationships among events or variables and are empirically tested.