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Unit 1: AP Psychology Terms
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- 1community psychologybranch of psychology that studies how people interact with their social environments and how social institutions affect individuals and groups
- 2educational psychologythe study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning
- 3counseling psychologybranch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being
- 4cognitive neuroscienceinterdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked w cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
- 5empiricismview that knowledge originates in experience and that science should rely on observation and experimentation
- 6experimental psychologystudy of behavior and thinking using the experimental method
- 7behaviorismview that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
- 8biological psychologyexplore the links between brain and mind scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes
- 9behavioral psychologythe scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning
- 10basic researchpure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
- 11applied researchscientific study that aims to solve practical problems
- 12biopsychosocial approachan integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
- 13personality psychologystudy of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
- 14psychiatrybranch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy
- 15positive psychologyscientific study of human functioning with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive
- 16psychodynamic psychologybranch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders
- 17psychologyscience of behavior and mental processes
- 18psychometricsbranch of psych devoted to studying, the measurement of our abilities, attitudes, and traits
- 19natural selectionthe principle that among the range of invented trait variations, those contributing to production and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations
- 20nature-nature issuethe long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
- 21SQ3Ra study method incorporating 5 steps: survey, question, read, retrieve, and review
- 22social psychologyexploring how we view and affect one another scientific study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another
- 23social-cultural psychologythe study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking
- 24structuralismearly school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titcchner; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
- 25levels of analysisthe differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
- 26human factors psychologyan I/O psychology subfield that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use
- 27humanistic psychologyhistorically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people
- 28industrial-organizational psychologythe application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces
- 29evolutionary psychologythe study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection
- 30functionalismearly school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish
- 31developmental psychologya branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
- 32testing effectenhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information
- 33cognitive psychologythe scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
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