Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Empiricism
A view that A, Knowledge comes from experience, and B, science flourishes through observation and experimentation.
Structuralism
An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind.
Functionalism
A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - How they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Humanistic Psychology
Historically significant perspective that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth.
Nature-Nurture Issue
The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
Natural Selection
The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
Levels of Analysis
The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon.
Biopsychosocial Approach
An integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis.
Basic Research
Pure knowledge that aims to improve the scientific knowledge base.
Applied Research
Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.
Counseling Psychology
A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often relates to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being.
Clinical Psychology
A branch of psychology that studies, assess, and treats people with psychological disorders
Psychiatry
A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; Practiced by physicians who sometimes offer medical (for example, drug treatments) treatments as well as psychological therapy.
Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Empiricism
A view that A, Knowledge comes from experience, and B, science flourishes through observation and experimentation.
Structuralism
An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind.
Functionalism
A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - How they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Humanistic Psychology
Historically significant perspective that emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth.
Nature-Nurture Issue
The longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors.
Natural Selection
The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
Levels of Analysis
The differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon.
Biopsychosocial Approach
An integrated perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural levels of analysis.
Basic Research
Pure knowledge that aims to improve the scientific knowledge base.
Applied Research
Scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.
Counseling Psychology
A branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often relates to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being.
Clinical Psychology
A branch of psychology that studies, assess, and treats people with psychological disorders
Psychiatry
A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; Practiced by physicians who sometimes offer medical (for example, drug treatments) treatments as well as psychological therapy.