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| A school of psychology emphasizing the study of thinking, learning, and perception in whole units, not by analysis into parts. |
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| A Freudian approach to psychotherapy emphasizing the exploration of unconscious conflicts. |
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| A psychologist who accepts the broad features of Freud's theory, but has revised the theory to fit his or her own concepts. |
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| Any theory of behavior that emphasizes internal conflicts, motives, and inconscious forces. |
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| An approach to psychology that focuses on human experience, problems, potentials, and ideals. |
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| The idea that all behavior has prior causes that would completely explain one's choices and actions if all such causes were known. |
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| The ongoing process of fully developing one's personal potential. |
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| The study of human strengths, virtues, and effective functioning. |
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| Sociocultural Perspective |
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| The focus on the importance of social and cultural contexts in influencing the behavior of individuals. |
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| Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist |
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-Psychologists specialize in treatment of emotional or behavioral disturbances.
a. Clinical
b. Counseling (Milder disturbances)
-Psychiatrists are medical doctors with additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders. |
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| A mental health professional (usually a doctor) trained to practice psychoanalysis. |
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| In an experiment, the condition being investigated as a possible cause of some change in behavior. These are chosen by the experimenter. |
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| The group of subjects are exposed to all experimental conditions except the independent variable. |
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-An INACTIVE substance given in the place of a drug in research or by physicians who wish to treat a complaint by suggestion.
-Placebo effect: changes in behavior due to participant's expectations that a drug will have some effect. |
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| Combining the results of many studies on the same subject. |
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| Changes in subjects' behavior caused by the unintended influence of a researcher's actions. |
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| The tendency of an observer to distort observations or perceptions to match his or her expectations. |
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| The error or attributing human thoughts, feelings, or motives to animals as a way of explaining their behavior. |
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| The act of causing some effect. |
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| An in-depth focus on all aspects of a single person. |
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| Gender Bias (in Research) |
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| A tendency for females and female issues to be underrepresented in research. |
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| Neuron fibers that receive incoming messages. |
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| The main body of a neuron. |
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| Fiber that carries info away from the cell body of a neuron. |
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| The point at which a nerve impulse is triggered. |
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| The microscopic space between two neurons, over which messages pass. |
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| The neurotransmitter released by neurons to activate muscles. |
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| The brain and spinal cord. |
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| Brain chemicals that regulate the activity of neurons (like endorphins, etc.). |
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| The system of nerves carrying info to and from the internal organs and glands. |
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| The system of nerves linking the spinal cord with the body and sense organs. |
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| A branch of the ANS that arouses the body. |
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| A branch of the ANS that quiets the body. |
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| A stimulus provokes an automatic response. |
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| A nerve cell that carries info from the senses toward the CNS. |
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| The research strategy of linking specific structures in the brain with specific psychological or behavioral functions. |
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| The production of new brain cells. |
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-Subtle behavioral signs of brain dysfunction.
a. Clumsiness
b. Poor hand-eye coordination |
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| A speech disturbance resulting from brain damage. |
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| A language area related to grammar and pronunciation. |
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| Inability to identify seen objects. |
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| Inability to perceive familiar faces. |
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| A small area of the brain that regulates emotional behaviors and motives. |
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-AKA adrenaline.
-An adrenaline hormone that tends toa rouse the body; associated with fear. |
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-AKA noradrenaline.
-An adrenal hormone that tends to arouse the body; associated with anger. |
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