Bold Terms: Intro Unit (Book correlation pgs 4-16)

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1)      Psychology:

a.       The scientific study of human and animal behavior.

2)      Theory

3)      Research Psychologists

a.       Those who study the origin, cause, or results of certain behaviors.

4)      Charles Darwin

a.       Researched animals and evolution. Explain why this is important to psychology.

5)      Applied Psychologists

a.       Those who make direct use of the findings of research psychologists; deal directly with clients

6)      Wilhelm Wundt

a.       Created first lab to research humans. Father of psychology

7)      Introspection

8)      Sigmund Freud

a.       Discovered the unconscious and defined personality.

9)      William James

a.       The first functionalist.

10)  John B. Watson

a.       Father of psychological behaviorism.

11)  Eclecticism: Use professional sports as an example

a.       Process of making your own system by borrowing from two or more other systems.

12)  Neurobiological Psychology (Approach)

13)  Behavioral Psychology (Approach)

14)  B.F. Skinner

a.       Behaviorist who focused on only the observable.

15)  Humanistic Psychology (Approach)

16)  Carl Rogers

a.       Father of humanism and opponent of Skinner.

17)  Psychoanalysis

18)  Cognitive Psychology (Approach)

19)  Sociocultural  Theory (Approach)