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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. |
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| Founder of modern psychology. |
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| theory that analyzed the basic elemts of thoughts and sensations to determine the structure of conscious experience. |
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| psychological perspective that emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes. |
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| first american psychologist and author of the first psychology textbook. |
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| theory that emphasized the functions of consciousness and the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment |
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| founder of psychoanalysis |
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| psychoanalytic perspective |
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| School of thought that focuses on how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts; contemporary version is called psychodynamic perspective. |
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| russian psychologist who showed that animals learn some things through association |
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| school of thought that focuses on how we learn observable responses |
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| american psychologist whose brand of behaviorism focused on the role of responses in learning |
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| school of thought that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual's freedom to choose, and capacity for personal growth. |
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| leader in the humanistic psychology movement |
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| leader in the humanistic movement |
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| developemntal and cognitive psychologist known for his studies of children's thought processes |
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| first american man to earn a ph.d. in psychology; opened first psych lab in the US; founded, and was the first president of, the American Psychological Association (APA) |
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| firt woman to complete the requirements for a phd in psych; first woman to be elected president of the APA |
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| first woman to recieve a phs in psychology |
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| first african american man to recieve a phd in psychology |
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| first african american woman to receive a phd in psychology |
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| psychological perspective |
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| a particular view of behavior and/or mental processes that has grown into a movement |
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| school of thought that focuses on how we take in, process, store, and retrieve information |
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| school of thought that focuses on the physical structures and substances underlying a particular behavior, thought, or emotion. |
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| social-cultural perspective |
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| school of thought that focuses on how thinking or behavior changes in different contexts or situations |
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| school of thought that focuses on how much our genes and our environment influence our individual differences |
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| movement that focuses on the study of optimal human functioning and the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive |
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| pure science that aims to increase scientific knowledge base |
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| scientific study that aims to solve practical problems |
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